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The Biggest Barriers To Multiplying Disciples In The West and How To Overcome Them
Photo by Pavel Danilyuk: https://www.pexels.com/photo/woman-climbing-a-wall-7590954/ In America, we like to do it big. We like to push the boundaries of what can be and don’t like to be restricted by anything. It’s easy to get caught up in the American belief in the impossible. We love to do things big! The culture says to…
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Down the Rabbit Hole: My Journey in Pursuing Disciple Making and A Movement Mentality
“I almost wish I hadn’t gone down that rabbit-hole—and yet—and yet—it’s rather curious, you know, this sort of life!”-Alice in Alice in Wonderland Stumbling into DMM Since the beginning of my faith journey, I have always had a sense of being out of time. Reading the Bible was not a cold distant experience. Whenever I…
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What everybody gets wrong about Constantine?
Revisions are the worst. One thing I hate doing is going over work I’ve already done. But if it weren’t for revisions we’d be putting out crap into the world. One of the revisions I had to make focused on what we often get wrong about Constantine. Josh Hopping who writes over at Wild Goose…
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How the Church Can Stay Relevant in the 21st Century
I used to obsess over being relevant. My days were spent thinking how my church or my ministry could keep up with all the cool trends. Now that I’m older there’s no way for me to keep up with all the cool trends. Now my relevance comes from something more than cool trends. I think…
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3 Things That Hinder Authentic Discipleship
Authentic discipleship is hard. Bonhoeffer’s book The Cost of Discipleship highlights the reality of how “when Christ calls a man he bids him come and die”. Anything other than this dying to self is a cheap substitute built on a foundation of cheap grace. Here are three things that hinder authentic discipleship: As they were…
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Was Christianity Forced On All Slaves?
I have heard from multiple sources that Christianity was forced on slaves-that it was the white man’s religion. It was only given to black slaves to make them more docile. This is not the truth. The truth is religion is much more complex than that. The truth is the gospel is much more powerful than…
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Why Christianity Is Not The White Man’s Religion
Yeah, I said it. I’m sorry y’all but I’ve been holding my peace on this subject for years and I can’t hold it much longer. The truth must be told. The opposite has been said for so many years that people take it for granted. I understand how somebody can come up with this conclusion.…
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The Answer Is in The Questions
Growing up in a black church I was used to getting preached at. The loud cries and shouts from the front of the church encouraged propositions and declarations. It wasn’t until I was a young adult considering ministry that I discovered sometimes the answer is in the question. I don’t remember what I said or…
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