If the first century disciples approached disciple making and church planting with the complexity we have in the West, the gospel would have never left the Middle East. We want reach the world with the extraordinary working through complexity. But what if the way to reach the nations is not […]
Kingdom economy
The last time I played Bible Trivial Pursuit no question was asked about Phlegon. Throughout three years of M.Div. studies and three years of Ph.D. work, I was never confronted with Phlegon. To me, he was a nobody. A no name. Nonexistent. To Paul, Phlegon was someone worthy of his […]
Phlegons Among Us
The math teacher who offers students a model for doing basic arithmetic prepares his or her class for algebra and geometry to come. But, woe to that teacher who fails to teach that which is to be carried with a generation into high school and college; he stops the advancement […]