Tag: life

• Grace and Truth: The Only Gift the Church has to Offer

  And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth… For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace.For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. John 1:14, 16-17 “The world can do almost anything as well or better than…

  Blake

  November 29, 2018

  gospel, missional

  church, culture, gift, grace, John 1, life, light, truth, world

• Gospel Centered Worldview: All Lives Matter

   I am under obligation both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish. So I am eager to preach the gospel to you also who are in Rome. Romans 1:14-15 From now on, therefore, we regard no one according to the flesh. 2 Corinthians 5:16 For as many of you as were…

  Blake

  September 3, 2015

  Church Unity, Corinthians, Everyone’s a Minister, Genuine Community, gospel, leadership, missional, Spiritual Formation

  2 Corinthians 5, abortion, black, choice, Christian, church, conservative, Corinth, Galatia, gospel, heterosexual, Jesus, LGBT, liberal, life, lives, mission, Muslim, Paul, Pharisee, pro-choice, pro-life, race, Romans 1, Rome, Saul, white, worldview

• 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