admin on September 23rd, 2010

Pastor Mike Landry of The Link Church out here in Medicine Hat gave me a copy of “The Tangible Kingdom”. I finished it last week and have been meaning to hash out in writing a concept that was new to me. What has become of salvation? The evangelical concept of salvation has been communicated so [...]

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admin on July 29th, 2009

I have been thinking a lot lately (in between worrying about the Twins) about Community Group in the Fall.  We are going to orient this group to not just be a group that is praying and supporting the formation of a core group for our church plant, but also serving Community of Hope by helping [...]

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admin on September 15th, 2008

Ed Stetzer recommends this book for those looking to do mroe mentoring and coaching.  I certainly have a couple of uses for such a book, and I do feel I have some deficiency in my skill as a mentor.  If anyone who reads this feels like passing on an early Christmas gift, this would be [...]

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admin on July 22nd, 2008

I was reading another few pages from Planting Missional Churches by Ed Stetzer this morning, and in the early going he rides the importance of cultural exegesis hard.  I was already familiar with the concept as I just took a course this spring on “Christianity and Culture” from Bruce Guenther over at ACTS (awesome course [...]

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I’ve been reading Ed Stetzer’s Planting New Churches in a Postmodern Age lately.  It is beastly-long as compared to the quick read that Launch was. I was trying to catch some rays and darken the skin a little before we head to Florida at the end of the month for a little iGo action and [...]

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admin on June 28th, 2008

In addition to the huge workload I have this summer just for the church, I have this paper to write.  I am completing a graduation essay to attain my Master’s of Arts in Christian Studies from ACTS Seminaries at Trinity Western University.  My chosen area of study is church planting in resort communities.  I am [...]

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