When you think about Jesus, what kind of minister do you think he was? This may sound like a strange question, but it is important to answer it honestly! I have come to see that most Christians tend to thinkRead more…
Witnessing to Christ in a Secular Culture
Editor’s Note: This Cape Town 2010 Advance Paper has been written by Michael Herbst as an overview of the topic to be discussed at the Morning Plenary session on “Making the Case for the Truth of Christ in a Pluralistic,Read more…
Media Messages Matter: Christ, Truth and the Media
Editor’s Note: This Cape Town 2010 Advance Paper has been written by Lars Dahle as an overview of the topic to be discussed at the Multiplex session on “Media Messages Matter: On Global Technologies, Glocal* Trends and Gospel Truth”. Responses toRead more…
Building a City Within a City
This is a sermon about the importance of building a city within a city.
To Hell with the Church! Thoughts on ministry.
Ed Silvoso rightly said: “The target of the church should be the world and not the pew.” Chapter 5 of ’Transform your work life’, entitled ’To Hell with the Church’ is causing a bit of a stir! That’s goodRead more…
Big K little k – A Look at Kingdom Partnerships
Big K little k what begins with k? How many of you remember that wonderful Dr. Seuss book about the alphabet? It walks through each letter and describes it with a charming mix of rhythm and humorous characters. The bookRead more…
Different Paths of Innovation in Mission
You know how you hate to be told the ending of a movie? It really ruins the whole experience. We want to enjoy the whole experience and see where the plot takes us. But in life, we are not soRead more…
New Media, Social Networking and ministry
Each year I have the privilege of teaching some classes on new media and ministry at Media Village’s School of Video Production. Since most of the persons on the course are not theologically trained we spend the first day discussingRead more…
Is God Bigger Than Your Village
Is God bigger than your village? In Tom Steffen’s book “Reconnecting God’s Story to Ministry,” he shares about the “blinders” that we can have when our worldview shapes our theology. “Worldviews influence the development of theological categories of convenience; theyRead more…
A Crisis of Context
A Crisis of Context One of the greatest challenges to innovation in mission today is our crisis of context. What does that mean you say? Very simple…almost all of the ideas and thinking that circulate today are in snippets. ThinkRead more…