The difference between barbarism and culture is, simply, work. —Lester DeKoster I have an odd collection: a business card from every job I have worked since college and...
Let’s summarize our discussion of the Four-Chapter Gospel from these past several days: For 1800 years the metanarrative of the Bible was taught in four chapters, creation, fall,...
Drawing our missional role from the metanarrative of Scripture as we discussed in our last post stands in stark contrast to the way most evangelical Christians use and...
In the 1980 movie The Blues Brothers the main characters Jake and Elwood said they were on a mission from God. They weren’t, but we are… In our...
As we said yesterday, today’s evangelical church has edited the Four-Chapter Gospel (creation, fall, redemption and restoration) down to two chapters (fall and redemption). The opening chapters of...
If you are like me and have been in an evangelical church, you probably understand the gospel as: God made you and wants to have a relationship with...
“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” (Gen 1:1) The Book of Genesis opens with the account of creation, the start of the most...
“…Remember that Paradise wasn’t a vacation—it was a vocation.” —Stuart Briscoe, Choices for a Lifetime God is a worker. From the very beginning of the Scriptures we are...
There is a website called Despair, Inc. which makes fun of the signs and motivational posters that adorn the walls of so many offices. My favorite is one...
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