Book Discussion| Mission Shift
“A former student was tasked to take photographs of a missionary’s work in a predominantly Hindu area. The missionary he was to photograph did a startling thing near the end of a day of filming. The...
View ArticleMission Shift Follow-Up| Who Cares About God?
Earlier this week we began a discussion over the book Mission Shift: Global Mission Issues in the Third Millennium, and so far the response on edstetzer.com has been amazing! Last time we discussed the...
View Article12 Guideposts of Missiology
In our current study of the mission of the church we have seen, if you’ve been following along in Mission Shift with us, many different definitions and perspectives on the mission of the Church. In...
View ArticleDigital Missions Continued…
In a previous post I discussed digital missions. “What is this?,” you may ask. This is being used by Christ from wherever you are to minister to people and also share the gospel with them via the...
View Article4 Evidences of People Who Know Their God
In J. I. Packer’s best-selling book, Knowing God, he breaks down what it looks like for a person to truly know their creator and savior. I’ve been working through this book again recently with a...
View ArticleMission Shift | Gospel Contextualization for Dummies
The contextualization of the gospel is a hot issue right now, and is being heavily discussed by many organizations, such as The Resurgence (a ministry of Mars Hill Church led by Mark Driscoll). In this...
View ArticleThe Beauty of a Missional Life
Recently, my pastor sent this video to me and our other City Group leaders. So many times I think through and pray through what it would look like to be missional in certain contexts. I wonder how many...
View Article11 Ways To Be a More Influential Missionary in Your City
Growing up I always thought that it was the pastors’ jobs to be the one’s who would reach out to our city. I would go to church and participate in all of the “Christian” activities, but I always felt...
View ArticleThe Problem of Neutrality
“What’s so hard to understand about that?” This was the response that a former coworker of mine had when I told her what she was saying didn’t make sense and asked her to unpack her statement a...
View ArticleNo Neutrality, But Common Ground
Have you ever been to a mixer? I remember when I was a freshman in college, before I met my wife, going to a mixer or two. These were fun for me because I enjoy meeting new people, but they were...
View ArticleWhat to Say When Someone Says, “The Bible Has Errors” by Jonathan Dodson
Jonathan Dodson (M.Div, Th.M) is happy husband to Robie, and proud father to Owen, Ellie & Rosamund. He is also the lead pastor of Austin City Life church and directional leader for PlantR and...
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