by Markus Watson | Dec 5, 2017 | Calling, Church, City, Gospel, Theology, Vocation |
When I was a pastor, one of the greatest challenges was to try to figure out how to bring Jesus into our communities. We would talk about that a lot—in our staff meetings, in our elder meetings, in our deacons meetings. I would talk about it from the pulpit. I...
by Markus Watson | Nov 28, 2017 | Church, Formation, Gospel, Mission, Theology |
We’ve seen in this post and this post that God has been at work in the world ahead of his people throughout the scriptures. He was ahead of Joseph (Genesis 37-50), ahead of Daniel (Daniel 4:10-17), ahead of Peter (Acts 10:19-48), and ahead of all the apostles (Acts...
by Markus Watson | Nov 21, 2017 | Big Story, Calling, Church, Discipleship, Gospel, Mission, Theology |
The “previousness” of God, which I wrote about HERE, refers to the idea that God is already at work in the world before his people even get there. It refers to the fact that God doesn’t need to wait for us—God can begin his work well before we have even realized what...
by Markus Watson | Oct 27, 2017 | Calling, Church, Discipleship, Formation, Gospel, Vocation |
How do people grow in their faith? Well, the question I really want to ask is, what kinds of things do churches do to help people grow in their faith? Here are a few things we did in my church: Held worship services Sang worship songs Had small groups Asked people...
by Markus Watson | Sep 26, 2017 | Calling, Church, Discipleship, Formation, Gospel |
One of the greatest challenges for the church today is the re-integration of the sacred and the secular. Too many people live with the false belief that their Monday through Saturday lives are less important to God than their life on Sunday—especially Sunday...
by Geoff Hsu | Sep 19, 2017 | Big Story, Church, City, Gospel, Mission, Shalom, Stories, Theology |
Not long ago I sat down with Amy Sherman to talk through what we like to call “The Big Story”. This is the larger narrative of what God has done, is doing, and will do in the world. In the Church, we often view theology and the Gospel story as having only...
