The Church of No People | What sermon would a pastor preach…if no one showed up to church? Desiring God Blog Blog By Topic Subscribe David Mathis Wednesday went quietly. With the previous three days awash in drama — Sunday’s triumphal entry, Monday’s temple cleansing, and Tuesday’s temple controversies — now Wednesday, April 1, A.D. 33, comes like the calm before the storm. But out of sight, lurking in the shadows, evil is afoot. Marshall Segal Sometimes it’s hard to sort out our lives before Christ. In his new single “Crimson Cord,” Propaganda pulls on the scarlet thread of God’s love in the past of the believer. Justin Taylor and Andreas Köstenberger It is now Tuesday morning, March 31, A.D. 33. Now if the disciples had ears to hear they would recognize that Jesus is talking about more than seemingly magical powers that can curse trees and crumble mountains.... Jonathan Parnell To help you make the most of Holy Week, we’ve ventured into the archive to find five of the best Piper articles related to the Easter season. 1. Just... Jon Bloom Ben Stuart “How do I love my wife well?” David Crabb
Jonathan Martin: Pastor of Renovatus Church in Charlotte NC Kingdom People Rick Morton is Vice President for Engagement for Lifeline Children’s Services in Birmingham, Alabama. He is an international advocate for adoptions and orphans. He is the co-author of Orphanology: Awakening to Gospel-Centered Adoption and Orphan Care, which I reviewed here, and he has recently written a new book entitled KnowOrphans: Mobilizing the Church for Global Orphanology. Rick was kind enough to answer some questions about his book and the way Christians and churches can engage in orphan care. Trevin: The adoption and orphan care movement in the U.S. has flourished in recent years. Rick: There are several key mistakes we can point to that the evangelical orphan care and adoption movement is rapidly moving past. 1. Certainly, there are parallels between God’s adoption of us and our adoption of children, but there are some major differences as well. We have to see adoption as more than missional activity, as we would see having and parenting any child. 2. 3.
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Julie Roys WithoutWax.tv by Pete Wilson | Challies Dot Com | Informing the Reforming bob.blog A couple of months ago, I participated in a little conference here in PDX, co-sponsored by the Ecclesia Network and North West Church Planters. It was called Rain and Shine, and the point was to draw together, for two days, a group of church planters who would talk about the brightest and darkest moments they had experienced in Church planting. Everyone got 14 minutes to speak. Here's an edited version of what I presented- my highest and lowest moments in being a church planter. Probably like a lot of you, I came to church planting through the route of dissatisfaction and hurt. So, when we planted our church here in Portland about 7 years ago- like you did or will do, we secretly, inwardly held the idea, even if we outwardly disavowed it, that we were going to be the church that got things right. The question in our talks here at Rain and Shine is this: What are the darkest and brightest moments of church planting for you? So what is MY darkest moment in church planting? Amen?
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