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The Gospel of the King
I was looking for the table (or chart) Scot McKnight has in his book on the difference between the “Soterian” message we tend to preach, and the gospel of the Kingdom. Thankfully, he put it on his own blog. (HERE) One of the things we discussed in staff concerning McKnight’s book was that there does need to be a “decision.”…
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CEB and Getting Drunk
Headlines are everything. This post gives some insight into how the Common English Bible brings out the emphasis in Eph. 5:18-21 on being “filled with the Spirit” rather than being drunk on wine. It is about the transformed life. Some good thoughts.
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Arab Spring Isn’t All Blossoms
As we celebrate the “Arab Spring,” there are reminders that all doesn’t bloom evenly in the Arab world. The Church in Egypt is feeling the pressure. And an Iranian pastor sits in prison awaiting execution. Often when we see good things happening, what gets missed is the plight of the Church in regions of the world. In our prayers, we…
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Give Me the Gospel in 3-5 Minutes
To which Scot McKnight says, “Fuhget about it!” Why are we so consumed with needing to give the gospel like an “elevator pitch?” Jesus’ own invitation is this: “Come and see.”
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The Danger of “Decision” Theology
Scot McKnight makes the comparisons of how the New Testament seems to be talking about Gospel… and how we “gospel” today. He pulls no punches. When all we care about is bringing people to a decision, to pray a prayer, to just admit their sin and find Jesus as Savior, we are doing damage. Jesus becomes a personal Savior, but…
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The Passion of Pursuit
This past Friday night and Saturday I had the privilege of spending time in prayer with some great people in my church. For the short time we were together we simply spent it seeking the Lord. We had worship, times of prayer together, times of prayer on our own, and times of sharing what the Spirit was speaking to us.…
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Decisions or Disciples
What did Jesus call us to? Get people to a decision… or call on us to follow him? Scot McKnight is highlighting this powerfully in his book, The King Jesus Gospel, but Dallas Willard was doing so before. And for some reason… we’re still not paying attention. I was in a very uncomfortable conversation yesterday because it revolved around the…
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Come aside… and wait
The admonition of the Lord to his disciples was to wait until they are clothed with power from on high. This weekend I get the opportunity to come aside with folks from my church to pray. The agenda is prayer for about 24 hours. While we don’t get the opportunity to “wait until…” we do get the opportunity to stop…
