Tag Archives: Mark Driscoll

Infant to adolescent church growth

Mark Driscoll’s Confessions of a Reformission Rev. (see a full review on Challies.com) has given me loads of food for thought and encouragement. As a result of reading it, I’ll keep going with two strands of ministry. First, Christ centred … Continue reading

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Being missional – made simple

If you’ve seen the lady who won Ukraine’s got talent by doing a live animation of the history of the Ukraine in sand then you’ll enjoy this live animation explaining what a missional church looks like.   I posted similar … Continue reading

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More on Christians dealing with porn

There’s a few posts on this blog about overcoming porn use and how the Christian press has been raising the issue of porn more openly and decisively in recent times. An American journalist, Anne Jackson, commented on my post on … Continue reading

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Vision and personality

We had a mission action plan meeting at St Luke’s a few weeks back. Part of the day was spent discussing our current aim statement and whether or not we needed a vision statement. As we reviewed vision statements of … Continue reading

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For Men Only: overcoming porn use

I have decided to change the opening line of this post from “This post is for men only” to “read this if you use porn, it will help you build the desire you need to kick the habit.” Why have … Continue reading

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What women deserve in men

Nicole Starling’s “Husband Material” in this month’s the Briefing challenges Mark Driscoll’s call to young men to prepare for marriage by leaving the parental nest and setting up home before seeking a bride. She suggests that a man setting up … Continue reading

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I don’t deserve the Lord’s love…

There are, as far as I’m aware, two famous Colin Buchanans in the Christian world. One is the former Bishop of Woolwich, evangelical theologian and liturgist. The other is the Aussie Colin, of Aussie Praise for Kids fame. If you … Continue reading

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Sydney Anglicans, British Evangelical Anglicans and Driscoll in Sydney

Many thanks to Gordon Cheng who has posted his notes from Mark Driscoll’s lovingly hard hitting analysis of Sydney Anglicanism. Given that much of British Evangelical Anglicanism holds hands with Sydney, many of Driscoll’s points seem to apply directly to … Continue reading

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Routine vs Reformission evangelism

I’ve culled the table below from Mark Driscoll’s Radical Reformission and hope he doesn’t mind. It highlights the difference between routine presentation and reformission participation evangelism and has helped me think not only about personal, friendship evangelism but about how … Continue reading

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Invitational Mission or Radical Reformission?

Willow Creek’s change of direction from “seeker sensitive” to “disciple making” church has been widely reported and blogged about. Christianity Today has two recent articles about the change, Willow Creek Repents? and Willow Creek’s Huge Shift. In essence, the church … Continue reading

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