leggo to church

Gives a new perspective on ‘playing at church’!

going troppo! the way of obedience

Bonhoeffer believed that the only way to truly comprehend the revelation of God in scripture is by approaching it with the pre-commitment to obey it. For those interested in weird theological terms, he calls this ‘tropological exegesis’ or simply ‘tropology’.  Bonhoeffer can therefore speak of discipleship as a ‘problem of exegesis’ and goes on to [...]

orthopathy…or the way of the heart.

As we have seen, engagement with Jesus must move us beyond being spectators to participants. If we wish to become like him we must learn to actively participate in Jesus, actively applying him and his teachings to our lives. We cannot be disinterested spectators when it comes to Jesus. In fact, in the encounters described [...]

APEST v.2

Hi all, just a note to say that we have now gone to v.2 on the APEST test.  This is more balanced and comprehensive.  For those who have done the test it will also mean that you can login and download the more updated version.  I think that will work…at least that is what I [...]

context and socialization in leadership development

I have long believed that leadership, or the lack of it, is a significant key to either the renewal, or the decline, of the church.  If this is true, that leadership critical to our success or failure, then we must ask the question as to why we are in our current state of demise, and [...]

hitting the road with jesus

We are all familiar with the gospel stories where Jesus selects a band of disciples, lives his life with them, ministers with them, and mentors them.  This approach to the formation of followers was common in the Israel of Jesus’ day.  Most rabbis would initiate and develop their schools of thought through similar means.  It [...]

the relentless pursuit of paris

This is absolutely fantastic. Lettermen literally unravels mega dip-stick, Paris.

leadership is an extension of discipleship

If this is not already obvious by now let me say it more explicitly: the quality of the church’s leadership is directly proportional to the quality of discipleship. if we fail in the area of making disciples we should not be surprised if we fail in the area of leadership development. I think many of [...]

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