Tag: death

• God is Not Fair

  But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus… Ephesians 2:4-6 God is not dead.…

  Blake

  September 11, 2014

  missional, The Church’s Influence, the revolution

  behavior, church, dead, death, doomed, Ephesians 2, eternal, fair, faith, God, grace, judge, justice, law, Paul, salvation

• Churches Dying Well

  Thursday Re-mix: There on the mountain that you have climbed you will die and be gathered to your people, just as your brother Aaron died on Mount Hor and was gathered to his people. Deuteronomy 32:50 “None of us are getting out of here alive.”  Jim Morrison, Valerie Harper, Evel Kneivel, Colin Murphy, Hilary Swank, Jill Shalvis, Elbert Hubbard (and…

  Blake

  July 31, 2014

  I Corinthians 12, leadership, missional, strategic planning, The Church’s Influence

  alive, breath, church, community, congregation, death, Deuteronomy 32, disciples, exercise, legacy, life, living, mission, nourishment, organism, regenerate

• Finding Focus in a Church’s Grief

  Tuesday Re-mix –  “Therefore, holy brothers, who share in the heavenly calling, fix your thoughts on Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we confess.” Hebrews 3:1 I have been blessed with only a limited amount of genuine grieving in my life.  Frankly, I’ve done a whole lot more consoling of others than I have needed…

  Blake

  January 10, 2012

  5 Principles of Unity, conflict, H2H, leadership

  Christ, church, corporate, cross, death, grief, grieving, healing, Hebrews 3, ministry, orientation, process, recovery, safe harbor, truth