July 2011
7 posts
KC Sentralized Missional Conference →
Brad Brisco calls our attention to a great line-up of “missional” leaders at this conference in the Midwest. I wish I could attend!
Hope on the Horizon -- Rick Carter →
Rick Carter, PCUSA pastor, speaks again with insight and wisdom about the missional transformation of the American church. Whenever history is “in the middle” of anything, it’s difficult to make assessments.
“The greatest obstacle to the fulfillment of the Great Commission now is sin on...”
– Bob Roberts @Glocalnet
Review of Francis Chan, Erasing Hell -- Jeff Cook →
Now the books are coming to “refute Rob Bell’s Love Wins”. I understand that six books are already at the publishers. But Jeff Cook makes a good point here about “audience”. I include this blog, because what he says has wide implications with how we interact with those who do not believe. It’s not that we want to “sugar-coat” the gospel, but our...
Must We Pray for Our Enemies? -- John Shore →
John Shore is witty, insightful, provocative, and challenging. In this blog about praying for enemies, he is spot on. This is one of those missional practices that we dare not neglect.
US Census on World Populations in 2050 -- TIME →
Here’s a change of pace: a census projection. But it’s interesting to note that India will surpass China as the most populous nation in world by 2025—and that Nigeria and Ethiopia are “on track to make the biggest population gains.”
