Good Words Mark

In God We Do Not Trust – This was a thought provoking article from Mark Driscoll

“The bottom line is obvious to those with gospel eyes. People are longing for Jesus, and tragically left voting for mere presidential candidates. For those whose candidate wins today there will be some months of groundless euphoric faith in that candidate and the atoning salvation that their kingdom will bring. But, in time, their supporters will see that no matter who wins the presidency, they are mere mortals prone to sin, folly, and self-interest just like all the other sons of Adam and daughters of Eve.”

Leading the Team Based Church

Just finished Leading the Team Based Church.  It was assigned reading for my Meaning of Christian Community class.  This text was a refreshing book, because it was insanely practical.  Much of my reading thus far has been really deep and hard to apply right away, but I’m already playing with ideas from this book.  

Pastors, leaders, read this book.  It’s a win.

Evangelism Thoughts

This struck me in class.  (i’m actually still in glass but had to get this out)

Do we evanglize because we want to win an arguement, we want to be right, or because we are actually trying to share the good news.

Eu angelion – Good Message
Evangelist is the good messenger or the Messenger of Good.  The herald who prepares the way for the King.  It’s not about being right – it’s about preparing the way for the King to Arrive in the hearts of the People.

How does being a Good Messenger or a Messenger of Good change how we share our faith or witness to the gospel?

Calling all bloggers

I was struck today in class by a statement that I put on my twitted and then was challenged by Josh H to blog it.

I’d love to hear how other bloggers would respond to this statement so please write a post in response to this question:

“Do we want church services or gatherings that train us for service?”

Discuss. I will create my own post later this week. If you write a post leave a comment below with a link back to your blog.

(update: Some explanation in the comments)