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What Is a Disciple?
If you ask most churches what their main purpose is, most will (eventually!) end up saying something about being in existence to make disciples of Jesus. Which then leads to the obvious question: What is a disciple? This matters hugely, since our definition of...
How to Lament 2020 With Your Neighbors
For most people, 2020 has been a terrible year. It has been a catalogue of disappointment, frustration, loss, job insecurity, financial pressure, relational stress, sickness, and even death. On top of the normal life changes that would normally happen,...
17 Mission Ideas for a COVID Christmas and New Year
The coming month presents a remarkable opportunity to draw your lost friends, family, and neighbors closer to Jesus! While COVID might restrict much of what churches usually do, this in no way stops us sharing the wonderful good news and hope of Jesus in smaller,...
7 Practical Ways You Can Bring More Spirituality Into Your Home This Christmas
What are some practical ways to celebrate Christmas 2020 in this difficult season? We've become so used to things being done for us, but this year is one of opportunity - where we can try new ways of being with our family, our neighbors, and our church community. This...
Evangelism and the Tangible Presence of God
Welcome to the final installment of this 4 part series on the tangible presence of God, highlighting some of the different ways we can especially encounter Him. We've already looked at the presence of God in worship, through prophecy, and in healing, and in this video...
Healing and the Tangible Presence of God
We're in a 4 part series on the tangible presence of God, looking at different ways we can especially encounter Him. We've already looked at the presence of God in worship and through prophecy, and today we're looking at how we can meet with God when we minister...
Prophecy and the Tangible Presence of God
Moses discovered that God’s tangible presence is what most distinguishes God’s people. While God is omnipresent, there seems to be a particular intensity and experience of God that is reserved for those who are devoted to Him. As Moses prays in Exodus 33:17, "If your...
Worship and the Tangible Presence of God
One of God's defining characteristics is His omnipresence - that He is universally present everywhere. There is not a limited supply of God! Simultaneously, though, we as humans experience different levels of what you can describe as His tangible presence. As...
6 Creative Ways to Be on Mission This Fourth of July
Turn Disappointment into Opportunity Huge fireworks displays, parades, parties, neighborhood-wide events, or large family gatherings are all wonderful ways to celebrate the Fourth of July holiday! And if you live outside of the US, you too will have significant...
11 Missionary Tactics to Start Making Disciples Anywhere
Long-Term Impact Shortly before lockdown, we were privileged to spend time in Peru with our close friends Mark and Anna Burgess, along with their 3 elementary aged sons. The Burgesses have been missionaries in Peru for over a decade - raising up disciple-making...
