I was recently asked to record two videos on innovation for the Lausanne Global Workplace Forum held in Manila, Philippines, June 25-29, 2019. Forty-five years ago, global evangelical leaders with hearts for disciple making birthed the Lausanne Movement. This movement, along with the Lausanne Covenant, has had tremendous influence on […]
Theology
As a kid, I loved watching Ripley’s Believe It or Not (with Jack Palance). If you are a Gen Xer or older, then you know what I’m talking about! You Millennials and Gen Zers will have to YouTube it. Palance would introduce every episode as being about “the strange, the […]
What Ripley’s Believe It or Not Taught Me about Kingdom ...
The ascension of Jesus to the right hand of the Father is celebrated on the Christian calendar as taking place thirty-nine days after Easter Sunday. This is officially celebrated on a Thursday. Interesting fact: My denomination gives little attention to Ascension Day. In fact, I do not remember a time […]
Why We Gentiles should be Doubly-Thankful on Ascension Day
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
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
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 […]
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