I’m sitting here eating lunch (Toquitos baby!) and thinking about evangelism. A few people have asked for an explanation of my perspective. I hope to put something together tonight on the subject. For now I’ll post a poem written Ralph Erskine and inspired by Isaiah 55:1-3 titled, The Free Gospel Call.
The Free Gospel Call“Ho, every [...]
Dr. Steve Lemke, Provost, Professor of Philosophy and Ethics at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary has written a paper entitled, The Future of Southern Baptists as Evangelicals. He explains early on in the paper that its purpose is to spur dialogue while addressing the issues with other Southern Baptists. SBC President Bobby Welch and others [...]
Are younger leaders in the SBC doing anything, or are they only complaining about what’s wrong with our Convention? This has been brought up a few times recently, and even tonight I was asked, “What are you doing besides talking to bring about the change you desire in the SBC?” While I cannot speak for [...]
SBC Prez Bobby Welch has written an article criticizing strongly Calvinistic churches associated with Founders.Org for being smaller, less evangelistic, and baptizing a smaller percentage of individuals than other (Arminian?) churches. It might be funny if what he said wasn’t so ignorant and condescending. The interpretation of the data presumes that greater numbers is always [...]
Missional Thinking
1. The Missionary God
2. The Mission of God
3. A Missional Church
4. Missional Proclamation
So we have a missional God, who has a missional church that works with him in his mission of the redemption of the world. Though biblical/missional church life will look different depending on where the kingdom meets the culture, the message remains [...]
I am the Lead Pastor of Redeemer Fellowship, husband to Jen, Dad to Katherine, Elias and Madeline - and the short, bald guy in Starbucks writing in a Moleskine journal.
