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... 
by Markus Watson | Jun 15, 2017 | Church, Culture, Gospel, Mission |
We live at the tail end of an era in Western civilization known as “Christendom.” I talked about “Post-Christendom” a few weeks ago in a few other blog posts (you can read them here, here, and here). Since Post-Christendom is by definition what comes after... 
by Markus Watson | Jun 8, 2017 | Mission, Shalom, Theology |
The goal of God’s mission is the restoration of a world full of shalom. Shalom—as I mentioned in THIS post—is a state of comprehensive well-being that touches every aspect of life. Shalom for All People It’s because of God’s mission of full restoration for the whole... 
by Markus Watson | May 31, 2017 | Church, Gospel, Leadership, Mission, Shalom |
Entire books have been written about the church’s mission. And there are a whole range of ideas as to what exactly the church’s mission really is. Is the church’s mission evangelism? Is the church’s mission social justice? Is the church’s mission to grow the church?...