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...
by Markus Watson | Sep 18, 2017 | Calling, Church, Discipleship, Formation, Leadership, Theology, Vocation |
I remember hearing a pastor say to his congregation at the beginning of a worship service, “This next hour is the most important hour of your week.” No doubt, the weekly worship service is incredibly important. I’d even say it is one of the most important parts of...
by Markus Watson | Sep 7, 2017 | Calling, Church, Culture, Discipleship, Formation, Gospel, Leadership, Mission, Theology |
My first exposure to “dualism” was in my favorite movie of all time—Star Wars! You know what I’m talking about. The dualism of Star Wars is the dualism of light and dark, good and evil. Dualism is a fancy word that basically means, “There are two things and the two...
by Markus Watson | Aug 29, 2017 | Church, City, Discipleship, Gospel, Leadership, Mission, Theology |
I mentioned in an earlier post Darrell Guder’s definition of Christendom as the “centuries in which Western civilization considered itself formally and officially Christian” (Missional Church, pp. 5-6). It was an era that emerged when the church moved from the...
by Markus Watson | Jun 22, 2017 | Church, Culture, Gospel, Mission |
There was a time when you could plant and grow a church simply by informing people about the new church—and you were guaranteed to have a growing church! I wrote about that here. That was the case when Western culture was considered to be a Christian culture, also...
