John Piper and I don’t agree on everything theologically, but man do I love what he said at a recent conference at his church. He is speaking truth, and those of us in kingdom work had better listen closely.
Let me just give one last counsel or piece of advice. This comes right off of [...]
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16 Aug
“you know not how”
5 Jul
kingdom
From time to time I get an update from a new ministry or church plant in Boston or elsewhere, and inevitably the update includes the line, “God continues to bless our work/efforts/plans.” Though I readily acknowledge that God’s promises are true — he blesses those who put their trust in Him â&emdash; I’ve always [...]
13 Sep
the challenges of traditional church in my neighborhood
As we spend more and more time in our new Boston neighborhood — in people’s homes or chatting in the park — we become even more convicted that the modes of evangelism that “worked” in the Bible Belt are moot on our block. (I’m growing more and more convinced that modes of evangelism that “work” [...]
1 Jul
some reflections so far
1. Dogs help. We only would have met 1/3 of the people we have met so far were it not for our our poodle Damon. Walking Damon earlier today, I saw a woman struggling to carry several bags of groceries, so I went over and offered to help. She spoke barely any [...]
16 May
world-creation
I don’t want to be a church planter as much as I want to be a world-creator/enactor.
Let me explain.
Walter Brueggemann has popularized the image of the preacher as a poet who causes people to imagine new worlds and calls them to inhabit them:
The event of preaching is an event in transformed imagination. Poets, in [...]
6 Apr
quiet revival.
Someone sent me a link to the following article, and I decided to re-print it in its entirety here (because it’s so exciting). I’ve been saying for over a year that God is up to something in Boston, and it appears that more people are taking notice. This article originally appeared in the January 25 [...]
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