Tag: mission

• Life Change as the Measure of Ministry

  And he directed the people to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves. Then he gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people.  They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked…

  Blake

  January 14, 2020

  leadership, missional, strategic planning

  000, 5, baskets, bread, church, feeding, fish, goals, Jesus, loaves, Matthew 14, ministry, mission, objectives, planning, strategic, vision

• 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

• The Leader’s Problem with Pretense

  Tuesday Re-mix: For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin.  Hebrews 4:15 My friend Scott is a gifted teacher.  I remember one of his illustrations using a bunch of unmarked…

  Blake

  September 2, 2014

  Everyone’s a Minister, Genuine Community, leadership, The Church’s Influence, the revolution

  Christianity, church, connection, Hebrews 4, integrity, leadership, mission, Nicodemus, pastor, Pharisee, pretense, revolution, Samaritan, shepherd, soldier, soul, tea, transparency, water