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"For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength." 1 Corinthians 1:25 Westerners love methods and tools. I see it in our churches where we plan programs and services that look much the same from one place to the next. I see it in…

An excerpt from the Simple/House Church Revolution book: Just as every new living thing has in it the power to reproduce, in the same way new believers, who have received Jesus’ new life, have the power in them to reproduce. We want to see this potential for multiplication unleashed at every new spiritual birth. As…

An excerpt from the Simple/House Church Revolution book: The reason that simple, Spirit-led gatherings could take place anytime and anywhere was because the early church completely understood the concept of every-person-ministry. This goes to the very heart of God’s church: every person filled by the Spirit of God, every person part of the priesthood of…

An excerpt from the Simple/House Church Revolution book: ”The clergy-laity distinction removed personal discipleship from the hands of common Christians (Dennis McCallum).” The greatest joy of the Christian life is being used by God to bring whole-life, spiritual transformation to another. We have removed much of this joy by not understanding that true “disciple-making” is…

An excerpt from the Simple/House Church Revolution book: Many people, today, are catching the vision of what the church is meant to be as she throws off the hindrances and becomes the Spirit-filled movement of Believers she is destined for. We are catching the vision for living life, 24/7, with and for God without one…

It is always good to review the basics of church which is, by nature, organic and living. Church is the people of God organically connected to God. At Pentecost, when the Spirit breathed upon God’s people, this organic connection came to life. Thus we see terms for the church like: ‘living church,’ ‘body of Christ,’…

I learn so much more from those who take ‘the course.’ One of the participants asked a question referring to this quote from the Simple/House Church Revolution book: "The church is becoming unleashed as Christians are re-discovering the daring adventure of 'going' and taking the presence (love, life, and power) of God everywhere that they…

As we head into the new year, I have a simple thought based on a quote from Oswald Chambers. This quote is the basis for the title of His resilient book “My Utmost for His Highest.” Not often, but every once in a while, God brings us to a major turning point–a great crossroads in…

You may remember the 2006 movie where Matthew McConaughey played the thirty-something who was not ready to leave home and launch out into the responsibilities of adulthood. This is a great picture of the church in the west. We are just not ready, in many ways, to grow up and take responsibility for our own…

If we step out of the boat when God has not called us, we will wind up only wet. On the other hand… If God is, in fact, calling to us and we have become too entrenched in our comfort zones to hear and respond, what miracles and adventures might we be missing? Comfort zones…