Month: August 2015
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The Return to Comfort
Comfort zones are just, well, comfortable. No matter where we are in our journey we tend to seek predictability and routine over the wild ride of following the real Jesus. The pull toward institutionalism and religion is a continual gravitational force that draws all of us away from the risky and unfettered lifestyle of an…
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Upcoming Conference
Two of my favorite people, Tony and Felicity Dale, are guest speaking at the Simple Church Conference later this month in Kentucky. The conference, hosted by the Simple Church Alliance, has this description: You are not alone! This year our heart is to encourage you with stories of what God is doing across our country and the world…
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Simple Jesus Followers
“Movement” is probably an over-used word today, but I’m going to use it anyway. One of the biggest faith movements in all of history is underway today. It’s the spiritual undercurrent that is slowly but inexorably rising because of Simple Jesus Followers. It is this steady growth of such followers that I call a movement.…
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Enemies of the American Church
Mike Breen, in an article here, describes the slow death of the American church if it continues to give in to these three enemies: Celebrity Consumerism Competition The article quotes Martin Luther King, Jr., who said: If today’s church does not recapture the sacrificial spirit of the early church, it will lose its authenticity, forfeit…