This is an animation of Francis Chan’s parable ‘The Big Red Tractor’. It gets bonus points for the village people reference. I appreciate Chan’s overall point. It seems to me though, that the church of the New Testament can be idealised/romanticised and the church of today viewed very pessimistically. The operating power now and then …
Stephen dropped by this blog today. On his blog he has a review of John Benton’s book ‘Why Join A Small Church’. In the course of the review Stephen observes: ‘(Many large churches are small churches with large fringes; the core of the church is still a bunch of a dozen to 30-odd people who …
Harry Reeder’s The Leadership Dynamic is good reading. To the point (under 200 pages), well written, memorable, with thoughtful use of illustrations. From the Preface: “If I could begin my ministry again, I would certainly seek to be more consistent in intercessory prayer and more effective as an expositional preacher of the Word, and in …
Colin Hansen has a short interview with Trevin Wax about Wax’s book Holy Subversion on the Out Of Ur blog. One question: “What are the key threats to the church that you believe Christians need to subvert?” Answer: “1. A self-centered understanding of salvation that centers solely on personal benefit at the expense of radical …
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