2012 and Eschatology: It’s Not the End of the World

2012 and Eschatology: It’s Not the End of the World

Did we really need another film about the end of the world?  Apparently, yes. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that Roland Emmerich is the director of such end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it kinds of films such as Independence Day, Godzilla and, most...
Cross Cultural, Part 6: Recommended Reading

Cross Cultural, Part 6: Recommended Reading

Thank you for reading this series, and thanks again to Curtis Miller and ONE Worship for so kindly allowing me to share. Having completed our series, I wanted to offer a list of resources that will help you and further guide your thinking.  Some of the following books...
Cross Cultural, Part 5: “Go and do Likewise”

Cross Cultural, Part 5: “Go and do Likewise”

Thank you for your kind attention during this series.  We have gone through a missional reading of Colossians, identifying what it means to be Cross Cultural.  In this series, we discovered that Cross Cultural living means: Thinking Christianly: to have a Biblical...
Cross Cultural, Part 4: Living Redemptively

Cross Cultural, Part 4: Living Redemptively

“Preach the gospel.  If necessary, use words.”  With these words from St. Francis of Assisi, we concluded yesterday’s discussion of communicating culturally.  We discussed the many features of both Colossian and contemporary culture, concluding that ministry within...
Cross Cultural, Part 3: Communicating Culturally

Cross Cultural, Part 3: Communicating Culturally

Welcome back.  Today we continue unpacking Paul’s message to the Colossians.  Yesterday we used this letter to establish that the first component of a Cross Cultural ministry is to think Christianly.  Thinking Christianly means having an orthodox view of Christ’s...