Yearly Archives: 2019

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Contextualization is vital to Kingdom labors. A great deal of energy and effort is expended every year among missiologists and missionaries who discuss this topic. And I do not believe we should ever cease talking about it. No one is culturally neutral. All of our disciple making methods and strategies […]

Reducing the Stumbling Block before THE Stumbling Block

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If Jesus is building His Church, then we should expect change. If we are filled with a dynamic Spirit, then we should expect change. And along with change comes innovation. However, church and mission agencies are often slow to innovate. Some completely avoid innovation. The problem with this is that […]

Innovation in Mission Web Event

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This post continues my Rethinking Contemporary Missions series. If you are just joining, you may find the other posts linked below. Context is king. Some of your questions related to today’s post may be answered in one of these previous writings: Rethinking Language in Mission Rethinking Purpose in Mission Rethinking […]

Apostolic Imagination: Rethinking Identity in Mission

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I am continuing my Apostolic Imagination series started a few weeks ago. If you have not read the previous posts, I recommend doing so before reading today’s post: Rethinking Contemporary Missions Rethinking the Language of Mission Rethinking Purpose and Mission Missions are multifaceted; apostolic purpose is singular. Few people desire […]

Apostolic Imagination: Rethinking Function in Mission

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TRUE OR FALSE Patrick was responsible for driving all of the snakes from Ireland Patrick was Irish Patrick used the shamrock to teach Christians about the Trinity Patrick was the first Christian to bring the gospel to Ireland Patrick converted the entire country of Ireland to Christianity Patrick brewed green, […]

Patrick of Ireland

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I launched Strike the Match on March 12, 2015 (“Who was St. Patrick with Ed Smither”). Season 4 concluded last week. I have enjoyed these four seasons of 64 episodes. Thank you for listening and sharing. You are in 139 countries, with the U. S., Japan, U. K., India, and […]

Strike the Match Turns Four

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