Missions
Review: The Faith of Leap: Embracing a Theology of Risk, Adventure & Courage, Michael Frost & Alan Hirsch, Baker, 2011
‘You tried your best, and you failed. The lesson is, never try’ (Homer Simpson) The Devil in The Brothers Karamazov: ‘Everything would be transformed into a religious service: it would be holy, but a little dull’ Title of Philip Yancey best-seller: Church: Why Bother? ‘Most men die at 27; we just bury them at 72’ [...]
Why do Ex-College students Leave Christianity?
‘Steve Garber’s book The Fabric of Faithfulness asked: “Why do some Christians leave college, and five to ten years later they have also left Christianity? Why do other Christians complete college and continue to integrate their Christian faith with a new set of life circumstances?” His findings: Without exception, those who successfully integrated with life [...]
Effective Evangelism: 18 Obstacles
From Darren Cronshaw: Mark Driscoll’s recent talk in Sydney. Mark Driscoll is an interesting bloke – seems hugely popular in US and increasingly so here. Although I cringe over his apparent chauvinism, I like his appeal for cultural relevance and church planting and entrepreneurism and new models for developing leaders and fresh approaches to church [...]
WAS JESUS GOD?
In the 1960s I spent several years wandering around the campuses of Australia (as an InterVarsity Fellowship staffworker). Here’s an evangelistic broadsheet which was reproduced a six-figure number of times, and provided the raw material for a talk I gave in many universities and colleges and church youth-groups. It has an ‘undergraduate’ feel to it [...]
COUNTRY CLUB TO MISSION BASE: THE STRATEGIC ROLE OF THE PASTOR
Whichever way we look at it, all the talk about church growth is not being matched by actual on the ground growth in many places. It’s a paradox really. Never have there been so many books, tapes, videos and conferences all focussing energetically on the most effective ways to grow the church. This is the [...]
Christian Missionaries: setting the record straight
Dear Geraldine [the presenter] July 20, 2010 My name is Rowan Forster. I was an Australian Broadcasting Corporation employee for almost 30 years from 1978-2007. My roles included radio and television news reporter, current affairs presenter with Radio Australia, sports presenter, AFL football commentator, and for seven years, morning newsreader on 774 ABC Melbourne (formerly [...]
Evangelism – Are There Still Lost People Out There?
Oops, don’t look now but our slip is showing. Something is just slightly out of whack, out of shape. There’s just one small problem: we are not correcting the situation. Perhaps it is too hard! According to the latest set of figures for Baptists in the Garden State, not everything is rosy: * Two thirds [...]
Archbishops say Christians should not be ‘embarrassed’ about converting others
Christians should not feel “embarrassed or awkward” about wanting to convert others to their faith, according to the two most senior clerics in the Church of England. By Martin Beckford, Religious Affairs Correspondent The Telegraph June 22, 2010 The Archbishops of Canterbury and York admitted that many are nervous about sharing their beliefs in a [...]
Prayer for today
‘Undaunted, you seek the lost, O God, exultant, you bring home the found. Touch our hearts with grateful wonder at the tenderness of your forbearing love. Grant us delight in the mercy that has found us, and bring us all to rejoice at the feast of forgiveness. Amen’. Related Articles: SUDAN & BURMA: CHRISTIAN REFUGEES [...]
Francis and the Leper
It is said that when Francis was a young man, before his transformation, he would wander the countryside. In those days the disease of leprosy was not uncommon. Given their grotesque appearance and the odious stench that accompanied their deteriorating skin, lepers were usually banished to the countryside. Their only real source of income came [...]
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