When Grace says “No”…(follow-up from yesterday)

Yesterday’s post which included references by me about making whips and going off on a youth ministry conference for rushing a publicly fallen megachurch pastor (and his wife) onto their stage is the petri dish for today’s post.  So you may want to click the link above and give it a quick read-through so this [...]

Would you let this person teach your youth? How about your youth leaders?

(Post, in which I “go off”.  there’s not a lot of “logical flow here”, I admit up front.  But sometimes you see something and it just eats at you and you’ve got to say something even if few people read it. But the evangelical corporate church climate is just ridiculous and downright evil at times.) [...]

Reasons for going to Desiring God Conference 2010..

Ok.  So as of right now, my beautiful wife Stephanie and I are planning on going up to Minnesota this October to this year’s “Desiring God” conference.  The theme is called “Think: The Life of the Mind and the Love of God.”  If you’re interested in taking a road trip this Fall, we might be [...]

8 Ways for Missional Living in the 21st Century- Dr. Alvin Reid@121Forum

8 Ways for Missional Living in the 21st Century Dr. Alvin Reid 1) Embrace the concept of “Missional Living” (1 Thess. 1:5, 8) The Gospel is what is needed for Awakening.  The Great Awakening Preachers did not preach 5 keys to happy life. A. It’s biblical.  (v. 5) B. Our method ain’t working. He often [...]

Leadership through the Lens of Romans 12:8- Dr. Bill Victor@121Forum

Leadership through the Lens of Romans 12:8-Dr. Bill Victor Gifts in Romans 12:8- 7 Gifts listed: 5 of these are expected from Senior pastors (the bold ones): Prophecy, Service, Teaching, Exhortation, Giving, Leading, Showing Mercy. This will frustrate, burn out pastors, cause isolation, fostering “professional ministry” list. What if though we focused on “leading” for [...]

The Doctrine of the Church in Acts- Dr. Andy Chambers@121Forum

The Doctrine of the Church in Acts Dr. Andy Chambers “I don’t have to be jacked-up on caffeine to get excited about the 5th book of the New Testament.” Compared to the Big Bang in cosmology, there is no mystery about what happened when the Holy Spirit fell and the church had its own “Big [...]

Biblical Ecclesiology- Dr. Alan Carr@121Forum

Biblical Ecclesiology- Dr. Alan Carr Dr. Carr teaches church planting at Golden Gate Theological Seminary.  He also has a Canadian or Minnesotan accent. He began his talk by discussing this quote-“The church is the bride of Christ and each one can be individually beautiful.”-Linda Burqhuist.  He gave several illustrations of brides in different cultures looking [...]

1st Century Missional Practices- Dr. Rodney Reeves@121Forum

1st Century Missional Practices-Paul- Dr. Rodney Reeves (NT Professor, Southwest Baptist University) I thought this was one of the best sessions of the weekend.  I do have to admit that I am biased in this regard as the speaker was my college advisor and professor for several courses!  (Thoughts in Italics are mine; this was [...]

121 Forum- Bob Roberts (Session 1)

Let me throw out there that I do not intend this to be a “full” transcript of the sessions.  I believe that they are posting the sessions on Vimeo at some point for those who weren’t there, so check it out whenever that happens.  (www.121forum.com)  After you read some of the best of what was [...]

121 Forum…

I had a great weekend at the One21 Forum in St. Joseph Mo.  Huge thanks to the people who put it on and to Frederick Boulevard Baptist Church for making it free!  Out of the six sessions, there was something thought-provoking and challenging in each one.  I took pretty intensive notes, so I look forward [...]