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that our numbers might drop is our faith in jesus really so weak that we believe we have to withhold the actual truth about the narrow gate in order to get people to accept him have we allowed the gospel to become so sugar coated with political correctness that our churches are now full of members who will walk out should we tell them they are not doing enough to advance christ s mission for us where are the men and women who will stand up in love and honor and tell our brothers and sisters we see slipping away from the field of duty that they are hindering christ s return all of us are unworthy but none of us have a right to ignore our mission imagine with me you are standing at the throne of our loving and most powerful god on judgment day god then inquires from you about not only the community around you and those who are lost but those of your home congregation god may ask why did you not tell jack and jill that you thought they could do more to help in spreading the gospel why did you not tell them they were disgracing the cross by thinking they had done enough for christ s kingdom why did you not sew these people i put at your feet how will god respond when you answer i didn t think they could handle the truth 1 comment posted in ministry tags luke 17 prosperity gospel truth posted by weswoodell november 13 2008 i hate church buildings and i don t believe i m alone my wife and i drove into the church parking lot last night before wednesday evening services after pulling into a spot and throwing the transmission into park i became lost in thought staring at the moon through my front windshield my wife noticed that i d zoned out and asked me what i was thinking about never setting foot inside another church building ever i said and i was serious too please read the rest of what i have to say gracefully i am just one man with one opinion i don t claim to speak for anyone but myself but don t believe i m alone in feeling the way i feel quick sidenote a pet peeve of mine is preachers and teachers who say we this and we that in describing some sin spiritual shortcoming or organizational error when very often their we should be their own me speak for yourself buddy moving on i still consider myself quite green in many areas of life i m only in my late twenties have only been in ministry for half a decade only been married for a few years and my two kids are both under two years of age i have no problem saying that there s much in the world that i ve yet to understand and much future experience will teach but one thing i have come to understand in my limited experience is the redemption jesus brings into the world and the joy that comes with not only having it myself but in sharing it with others that it that s embodied and manifested in him before giving my life to christ i d done nearly every kind of drug known to man and i can honestly say that nothing nothing compares to the high i get in seeing someone who was lost jaded hopeless and dead in sin to come to know jesus and experience that total transformation from the root of their soul out nothing compares to that and if too much time passes without my having witnessed another soul saved i m like an addict going through withdrawals like there s this itch that i just can t seem to scratch and the only relief i get comes from pouring myself into another person who doesn t know my savior ok so maybe that sounds a bit over the top but its the best way i can describe how i m feeling right now and the best way i can describe how i was feeling last night when i made that statement to my wife i get excited when i read stories like this and in a world where this can happen you shouldn t be surprised at hearing a full time minister and missionary saying he never wants to set foot inside another church building i m so tired of the status quo and spectator christianity and i m tired of being part of a system that despite claims to the contrary is strictly event focused i m tired of church buildings and what they ve come to represent and i don t believe i m the only one who feels this way i don t believe i m the only one dissatisfied and dissatisfaction breeds revolution anyone else reading feel like i do despite my feelings or your feelings i don t think for a moment that church buildings are going to go away in fact my employer guarantees it pfffttt p two questions 1 since they re not going away what are some suggestions for how church buildings property can be used missionally 2 what would christianity look like if church buildings didn t exist please respond to 1 in a comment and if nothing else take some time to reflect on 2 thanks for letting me vent p 11 comments posted in ministry uncategorized tags i hate church buildings posted by nick gill november 12 2008 simply missional review with commentary jay guin an elder with the university congregation in tuscaloosa al writes at an amazing pace his website one in jesus is well worth your interest if you ve never been there before right now he s reviewing and commenting on simply missional an article by ed stetzer and eric geiger in neue magazine check it out in his love nick leave a comment posted in uncategorized posted by michaelhanegan november 10 2008 new missional network james nored preaching minister at the north pointe church of christ has created a new network for people in the missional conversation it is incredibly functional and will be a great addition to this conversation in churches of christ check it out at www missionalnetwork ning com 1 comment posted in updates tags network updates posted by mattdabbs november 5 2008 one of the best lists of missional links on the web j r woodward has compiled what is undoubtedly one of the best lists of missional links on the web i am not sure how many links he has there but it is well over 100 and it consists of very high quality blog posts articles and videos this might be something to link to on the sidebar of the outpost or somewhere permanent on the blog 1 comment posted in uncategorized posted by dvdbrumley november 4 2008 an election day prayer dear god you are so wonderful you have filled my life with happiness and joy even though i do not deserve it you have blessed even though i have made choices in the past that were worthy of your punishment i am unequipped to fathom the depths of your love knowledge and power you have shaped the world around me to be one in which i can glorify you and have given me the wisdom to know that i must you are amazing i come before you today as a sinner who falls short in so many areas each day specifically today i confess the sin of not trusting in you totally god i have allowed myself to be caught up in the political fervor of our age and of not allowing my faith in you to shine through when discussing the election father when trying to inform people of the facts in this election i have failed to remind people including myself that a true faith in you should prevent any fear or concern over what will come on this earth i have allowed my unfaithfulness to be covered behind the guise of fear for my children s future and i have not taken the time to explain to my children that no matter what happens it is your great and holy will i have failed to take the opportunity to share my faith in you during each individual conversation i have had regarding this election and i have not reminded my fellow christian brothers and sisters that no matter who is elected we are commanded by you to respect and follow that man or woman please forgive me father holy god thank you for allowing me to live in a country where i can pray these words with no fear of state repercussions thank you for blessing my life with a wife and children who not only help me to love you but who i can see you in thank you for giving me this much time on this earth and for making yourself known to me and giving me a mission thank you for your holy word and the knowledge and comfort that is provided within the bible thank you for giving me a church family that listens to your will and that strives to make your presence known on this earth thank you for making me part of the kingdom thank you for the blood of your son and for it s ability to not only restore me but all who are willing to come to you with a humble heart father i ask you today to please bring me closer to your will give me the peace to know that no matter what happens in the election of today that your will is shining through and let me know your continued will for me as an individual in this nation father please help me to remember that my citizenship is not in this town state country or world please help me to remember please help me to serve please help me to remain respectful of my country s leaders and to allow jesus christ to shine through my attitudes and words used when discussing such father please allow my family to continue to grow in your grace father help me to love you make me a servant and use me up for your purposes in jesus holy and pure name amen leave a comment posted in spiritual formation tags election prayer posted by michaelhanegan november 2 2008 new series missional text s in this new series we want you to submit and discuss passages from scripture that have missional implications for the church today this is not to deny the fact that the very nature of scripture is god s missional communication to his creation but there are texts throughout god s word that speak directly to our missional identity as the people of god as you come across a text that speaks to us in this way share it here in the comments or submit a post for this series i look forward to learning more about god s word and more specifically how it is shaping our missional calling and vocation as the people of god leave a comment posted in missional text s tags bible missional scripture posted by michaelhanegan october 31 2008 initial model of a missional hermeneutic the following is my very initial understanding of what a missional hermeneutic might look like i am curious to get your feedback and reflections there have been a number of books and people who have influenced my current understanding of a missional heremenuetic there is probably no bigger influence than christopher wright s the mission of god unlocking the bible s grand narrative so here is my current working model of a missional hermeneutic if you have comments but don t want to leave them here you can email me at michael theprojectonline org here is how this hermeneutic works 1 missio dei what is god s mission and what is our place in it this is the christocentric in as much as it allows a trinitarian understanding starting place for our hermeneutic here we take our understanding of and experience in the missio dei a k a the mission of god as the lenses through which we come to understand and act upon the text s we approach the goal of this starting place is to avoid a mere transfer of information enlightment modernism or mere speculation and discussion postmodern of the text to a place of both orthodoxy orthopraxy and orthopathy missional 2 text s how did the text s shape the missional identity of the original recipients this is where the hermeneutic begins step 1 really acts as the pre existing foundation worldview hermeneutic here the exegetical process occurs but does so with the intention of reframing the context of that exegesis in the meta narrative context of the missio dei the question here is how did this text shape the missional identity of the original recipients this question serves as the guide back through the missio dei 3 missio dei how does the missio dei inform our exegesis and application this part of the process acts as a turning point in which we transition from a discussion and exploration of how the text s shaped the original recipients to an explanation of the implications that remain true for us today we draw these conclusions the result of our understanding of the missio dei and information drawn through the exegetical process and then prepare to re examine the text s informed by the process thus far on behalf of our community and our context we cannot divorce ourselves from the exegetical process for a purely discerning hermeneutic god works in history and that context must be appreciated in our understanding of scripture 4 text s how do the text s shape our missional identity here we bring together our conclusions from the exegetical process and our understanding of how the text s shaped the missional identity of the original recipients to bear on the concepts and principles of the missio dei that shape our missional identity in our context our re examination of scripture at this juncture therefore acts as a safeguard preventing an interpretation or application that is divorced from solid exegesis and our grasp of the missio dei disclaimer the later part of this hermeneutic is much more fluid than i have figured out how to communicate thus far it is not intended to be a rigid formula 5 missiology what are the missiological implications of our observations so far here we explore what steps 1 4 mean for our context more specifically would be a discussion of how to communicate these things in a way that leads to the continuing conversion of the church and a faithful witness to unbelievers this step shapes the community and simultaneously transfers into the next phase 6 theology ecclesiology how does all this shape us as a missionary community here we aim to make our community and our individual lives consistent with our witness orthodoxy orthopraxy and orthopathy together is the goal here this spiritual formation is corporate first we usually don t do it this way and then also shapes individuals 7 missional incarnational application what does it look like in our context this is where orthodoxy orthopraxy and orthopathy happen this should be the tangible measurable aspect of this hermeneutic this is the place where we plug in in a new and greater way into the missio dei 8 missio dei the result of this process is a greater understanding of and fuller participation in the missio dei as god s missionary community a k a the church what s missing suggestions comments critiques what will it take for our churches to develop a missional hermeneutic 3 comments posted in hermeneutics the mission of god tags hermeneutics missional missional hermeneutics posted by michaelhanegan october 31 2008 what is contextual what is universal often times in the missional conversation we talk about doing things contextually one writer suggests that the gospel is like a seed and the beauty of the gospel is that it can be planted in any culture and grow into something that is appropriate for that context the question is this what is contextual in a missional church why what are the non negotiable things that are universal to all communities of faith regardless of context 1 comment posted in contextualization culture ecclesiology tags 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