- Matthew 21:12–22
- Mark 11:15–19
- Luke 19:45–48
- John 2:13-17
Bob A
25 March 2013
Easter Week, Monday — Day 2
Jesus Clears the Temple
Bob A
Bob A
24 March 2013
Easter Week, Sunday, Day 1 — Palm Sunday
My plan had been to write out the events of the week prior to Jesus' resurrection. However, it's more complicated that I anticipated. So, perhaps I'll have it ready for 2014. For this year, though, I'm just going to list the Bible passages. I pray that reading these will fill you with gratitude for what God did for you in sending Jesus to pay the penalty for your sin.
Jesus' Triumphal Entry Into Jerusalem
Bob A
Jesus' Triumphal Entry Into Jerusalem
- Matthew 21:1–11
- Mark 11:1–11
- Luke 19:28–44
- John 12:12–19
Bob A
23 March 2013
G.O.S.P.E.L. — by Propaganda
Here's another take on the gospel. Excellent urban video.
For the Kingdom,
Bob A
Bob A
22 March 2013
Bible Study and Research Online Resources
Recently, a friend sent me some information that another friend had sent him. These resources are available worldwide and are free, so I thought I would pass on the information.
I wanted to bring to your attention a few free online tools. Feel free to pass this information on to others. They seem great not just for company folks but for the local believers who might want to use these free online tools. (Bob A: I found a few African language Bibles available for the SWORD project. It appears that the other programs are able to use SWORD modules. Here are the African languages I recognized: Afrikaans, Malagasy, Ndebele, Shona, Swahili NT. For Trekkies, there's even a Klingon translation.)
They take some tinkering with, but they're fairly straight forward. (Bob A: This is according to the person who sent this out — I haven't tried any of these.) These resources are open sources and free. They're not only good for people like us who want to study the local-language Bible, they've got all kinds of Bible languages resources (commentaries, GK-Heb tools, etc). They can also be handy tools that a local believer with a computer can use (without all of the pirating that typically goes on with printed resources). And, it's all free (good news for people inclined to use poverty as an excuse for pirating).
While these are good supplements for paid-for programs like Logos or Quick Verse, they won't interface with those tools.
In each of these four programs (BibleTime, SWORD Project, Eloquent/MacSword, BPBible), you can add almost any language Bible along with other books.
Here's a brief overview of each program:
- BibleTime. (Can use parallel Bibles including English) — Available for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux
- http://blog.bibletime.info/en/download
- Multiple foreign language Bibles also.
- Many other English biblical resources (including some foreign language Bible commentaries).
- SWORD Project. (Can use parallel Bibles including English) — Available for Windows only
- http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/moduleinstall.jsp
- Multiple foreign language Bibles also.
- Many other English biblical resources (including some foreign language Bible commentaries).
- Eloquent Bible Study a.k.a. MacSword (Can use parallel Bibles including English) — Mac OS X implementation of the SWORD Project
- http://www.macsword.com
- Multiple foreign language Bibles
- Other English biblical resources and some foreign language Bible commentaries
- BPBible. (Interfaces with sources from SWORD Project) — Available for Windows. For Mac OS X implementation, see the FAQ page but this requires compiling the source code, not something for the faint of heart.
- http://bpbible.com
- Multiple foreign language Bibles also.
- Many other English biblical resources (including some foreign language Bible commentaries).
- Zotero: (not Bible related; bibliographic collector, organizer, and citation tool) – Plugin for Firefox, Word, LibreOffice or standalone application for Mac OS X that works in conjunction with Safari, Chrome, Firefox
- http://www.zotero.org
- Zotero is for researchers and writers.
- It “lives” in your Web browser (Firefox, etc).
- Collect bibliographic information quickly from the Internet.
- Organize bibliography.
- Cite bibliographic information in paper (footnotes, or endnotes, or insert a bibliography quickly).
- It’s free and easy to use.
- Are there other resources that you have found free and helpful?
For the Kingdom,
Bob A
21 March 2013
Are You Skeptical About the Resurrection?
15 March 2013
What is the Gospel?
...a lot of eyes on Rome as the cardinals prepare to pick a new pope. And for the first time, some American cardinals on the list. Well, what I wanted to ask you about, there seems to be some concern, and you hear this a lot, that– among Catholics, there shouldn’t be an American pope because that pope would be too tied to the U.S. government. Kinda the mirror image of John F. Kennedy’s problem back in 1960. What do you think of that?Frankly, I haven't kept up with Catholic news. Sure, I knew that the previous Pope had retired — that hadn't happened in something like 600 years. And, yes, I knew that the College of Cardinals were meeting to select a new Pope (that engendered a lot of teasing with some friends who are fans of an American baseball team, the St. Louis Cardinals). But, quite honestly, that does not impact my life in any way at all. No disrespect intended, it just doesn't.
President Obama gave a witty response, I don’t know if you’ve checked lately, but the conference of Catholic bishops here in the United States don’t seem to be takin’ orders from me, but what caught my attention was President Obama's next statement:
Look at that again, ...the central message of the gospel ... is that we treat everybody as children of God and that we love them the way Jesus Christ taught us to love 'em. That got me thinking, "I don't think that is the gospel message, but how would I define the gospel?" [Disclaimer: This is neither a political statement, nor criticism of President Obama — his statement just got me thinking.] So, I worked on it for a bit. I wasn't starting from scratch; I had heard other people define gospel, but I had never tried to do that for myself. If you want a single New Testament passage that gives a definition, a good place to start is Colossians 1:13-23. But, I wanted to see how I would define gospel. This is what I came up with:I– my hope is– based on what I know about the Catholic Church and– the terrific work that they’ve done around the world.And certainly in this country, and, you know– helping those who are less fortunate– is that– you have– a pope who sustains and maintains– what I consider the central message of the gospel. And that is– that we– we treat everybody– as children of God and that– we love them– the way Jesus Christ taught us to love ‘em.
We were once alienated from God and were enemies of God because of our sin, our evil behaviour (Col. 1:21). Jesus came to earth as a human descendant of Israel's King David (Rom. 1:3). However, Jesus was not just a good man. Jesus is God's Son (Rom. 1:3), he is the image of the invisible God (Col. 1:15), he is one with God the Father (John 10:30), he is fully God (Col. 1:19). He was powerfully proved to be God's Son by his resurrection from the dead (Rom. 1:4). He reconciled us with God through his death on the cross (Col. 1:22), forgave our sins (Col 1:14), and made us citizens of his Kingdom (Col. 1:13). This reconciliation to God becomes reality when we believe this good news (Eph. 1:13) by faith (Eph 2:8). The guarantee, the seal, of our reconciliation and our ultimate salvation is the presence of God's Spirit in us (Eph. 1:13). Our good works (love, justice, service, etc.) are not the cause of our salvation, but are the result of our salvation by faith (Eph. 2:10) and the evidence that God's Spirit is in us (Gal. 5:22-26).
- How would you define gospel?
For the Kingdom,
Bob A
08 April 2012
What Happened on Sunday of Holy Week?
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The quoted passages here are from the NIV. Linked passages are from the ESV.
The tomb is found empty by Mary, the other women, and the disciples
After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb.
There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it. His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow. The guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead men.
The angel said to the women,
“Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. Then go quickly and tell his disciples: ‘He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him.’ Now I have told you.”
When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that they might go to anoint Jesus’ body.
Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they were on their way to the tomb and they asked each other,
“Who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb?”
But when they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had been rolled away.
As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed.
“Don’t be alarmed,” he said. “You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him. But go, tell his disciples and Peter, ‘He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you.’”
Trembling and bewildered, the women went out and fled from the tomb. They said nothing to anyone, because they were afraid.
On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.
While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them. In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them,
“Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee: ‘The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.’”
Then they remembered his words.
When they came back from the tomb, they told all these things to the Eleven and to all the others.
It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the others with them who told this to the apostles. But they did not believe the women, because their words seemed to them like nonsense. Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. Bending over, he saw the strips of linen lying by themselves, and he went away, wondering to himself what had happened.
Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance.
So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said,
“They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!”
So Peter and the other disciple started for the tomb. Both were running, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. He bent over and looked in at the strips of linen lying there but did not go in. Then Simon Peter, who was behind him, arrived and went into the tomb. He saw the strips of linen lying there, as well as the burial cloth that had been around Jesus’ head. The cloth was folded up by itself, separate from the linen.
Finally the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went inside. He saw and believed. (They still did not understand from Scripture that Jesus had to rise from the dead.)
Then the disciples went back to their homes,
Mary and others see Jesus outside the tomb
So the women hurried away from the tomb, afraid yet filled with joy, and ran to tell his disciples. Suddenly Jesus met them.
“Greetings,” he said.
They came to him, clasped his feet and worshipped him.Then Jesus said to them,
“Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee; there they will see me.”
When Jesus rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had driven seven demons. She went and told those who had been with him and who were mourning and weeping. When they heard that Jesus was alive and that she had seen him, they did not believe it.
but Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb and saw two angels in white, seated where Jesus’ body had been, one at the head and the other at the foot.
They asked her,
“Woman, why are you crying?” “They have taken my Lord away,” she said, “and I don’t know where they have put him.”
At this, she turned round and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realise that it was Jesus.
“Woman,” he said, “why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?”
Thinking he was the gardener, she said,
“Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him.”
Jesus said to her,
“Mary.”
She turned towards him and cried out in Aramaic,
“Rabboni!” (which means Teacher).
Jesus said,
“Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet returned to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am returning to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”
Mary Magdalene went to the disciples with the news:
“I have seen the Lord!”
And she told them that he had said these things to her.
Roman guards report Jesus’ disappearance
While the women were on their way, some of the guards went into the city and reported to the chief priests everything that had happened.
When the chief priests had met with the elders and devised a plan, they gave the soldiers a large sum of money, telling them,
“You are to say, ‘His disciples came during the night and stole him away while we were asleep.’ If this report gets to the governor, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble.”
So the soldiers took the money and did as they were instructed. And this story has been widely circulated among the Jews to this very day.
Jesus appears to two disciples on the road to Emmaus
Afterwards Jesus appeared in a different form to two of them while they were walking in the country. These returned and reported it to the rest; but they did not believe them either.
Now that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem. They were talking with each other about everything that had happened.
As they talked and discussed these things with each other, Jesus himself came up and walked along with them; but they were kept from recognising him.
He asked them,
“What are you discussing together as you walk along?”
They stood still, their faces downcast. One of them, named Cleopas, asked him,
“Are you only a visitor to Jerusalem and do not know the things that have happened there in these days?”
“What things?” he asked.
“About Jesus of Nazareth,” they replied. “He was a prophet, powerful in word and deed before God and all the people.The chief priests and our rulers handed him over to be sentenced to death, and they crucified him; but we had hoped that he was the one who was going to redeem Israel. And what is more, it is the third day since all this took place. In addition, some of our women amazed us. They went to the tomb early this morning but didn’t find his body. They came and told us that they had seen a vision of angels, who said he was alive. Then some of our companions went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but him they did not see.”
He said to them,
“How foolish you are, and how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! Did not the Christ have to suffer these things and then enter his glory?”
And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself.
As they approached the village to which they were going, Jesus acted as if he were going further. But they urged him strongly,
“Stay with us, for it is nearly evening; the day is almost over.”
So he went in to stay with them.
When he was at the table with them, he took bread, gave thanks, broke it and began to give it to them. Then their eyes were opened and they recognised him, and he disappeared from their sight.
They asked each other,
“Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?”
They got up and returned at once to Jerusalem. There they found the Eleven and those with them, assembled together and saying,
“It is true! The Lord has risen and has appeared to Simon.”
Then the two told what had happened on the way, and how Jesus was recognised by them when he broke the bread.
Jesus appeared to his followers
While they were still talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them,
“Peace be with you.”
They were startled and frightened, thinking they saw a ghost.
He said to them,
“Why are you troubled, and why do doubts rise in your minds? Look at my hands and my feet. It is I myself! Touch me and see; a ghost does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have.”
When he had said this, he showed them his hands and feet. And while they still did not believe it because of joy and amazement, he asked them,
“Do you have anything here to eat?”
They gave him a piece of broiled fish, and he took it and ate it in their presence. He said to them,
“This is what I told you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms.”
Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures. He told them,
“This is what is written: The Christ will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, and repentance and forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things. I am going to send you what my Father has promised; but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.”
On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said,
“Peace be with you!”
After he said this, he showed them his hands and side. The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord. Again Jesus said,
“Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.”
And with that he breathed on them and said,
“Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive anyone his sins, they are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.”
He was not seen by all the people, but by witnesses whom God had already chosen--by us who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.
and for many days he was seen by those who had travelled with him from Galilee to Jerusalem. They are now his witnesses to our people.
Thomas expresses doubts about Jesus’ resurrection
Now Thomas (called Didymus), one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him,
“We have seen the Lord!”
But he said to them,
“Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe it.”
Meaning of the Resurrection
Jesus’ resurrection demonstrates that God keeps his promises
“We tell you the good news: What God promised our fathers he has fulfilled for us, their children, by raising up Jesus. As it is written in the second Psalm: “‘You are my Son; today I have become your Father.’ The fact that God raised him from the dead, never to decay, is stated in these words: “‘I will give you the holy and sure blessings promised to David.’ So it is stated elsewhere: “‘You will not let your Holy One see decay.’
“For when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep; he was buried with his fathers and his body decayed. But the one whom God raised from the dead did not see decay.
Jesus’ resurrection is the proclamation of forgiveness and justification
“Therefore, my brothers, I want you to know that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you. Through him everyone who believes is justified from everything you could not be justified from by the law of Moses.
Jesus’ resurrection demonstrates that he is the Son of God
Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle and set apart for the gospel of God-- the gospel he promised beforehand through his prophets in the Holy Scriptures regarding his Son, who as to his human nature was a descendant of David, and who through the Spirit of holiness was declared with power to be the Son of God, by his resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord.
Jesus’ resurrection justifies us and, therefore,we have peace with God and assurance of God’s love and salvation
The words “it was credited to him” were written not for him alone, but also for us, to whom God will credit righteousness--for us who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead. He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification.
Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.
You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God’s wrath through him!
Jesus’ resurrection gives us new birth, hope, eternal inheritance, and security
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade--kept in heaven for you, who through faith are shielded by God’s power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.
Testimonies of Jesus’ resurrection
Peter at Pentecost
“Men of Israel, listen to this: Jesus of Nazareth was a man accredited by God to you by miracles, wonders and signs, which God did among you through him, as you yourselves know. This man was handed over to you by God’s set purpose and foreknowledge; and you, with the help of wicked men, put him to death by nailing him to the cross. But God raised him from the dead, freeing him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on him.”
Peter at the house of Cornelius
“You know what has happened throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John preached-- how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power, and how he went around doing good and healing all who were under the power of the devil, because God was with him.
“We are witnesses of everything he did in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem. They killed him by hanging him on a tree, but God raised him from the dead on the third day and caused him to be seen.”
Paul in the Antioch synagogue
“Brothers, children of Abraham, and you God-fearing Gentiles, it is to us that this message of salvation has been sent. The people of Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognise Jesus, yet in condemning him they fulfilled the words of the prophets that are read every Sabbath. Though they found no proper ground for a death sentence, they asked Pilate to have him executed. When they had carried out all that was written about him, they took him down from the tree and laid him in a tomb. But God raised him from the dead...”
07 April 2012
What Happened on Friday Evening and Saturday of Holy Week?
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This chronology picks up where Justin Taylor left off in What Happened on Friday...?
The quoted passages here are from the NIV. Linked passages are from the ESV.
The female followers of Jesus watched his crucifixion
Many women were there, watching from a distance. They had followed Jesus from Galilee to care for his needs. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee’s sons.
Some women were watching from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome. In Galilee these women had followed him and cared for his needs. Many other women who had come up with him to Jerusalem were also there.
Joseph of Arimathea claims the body of Jesus and buries him in a tomb. Mary Magdalene and the other Mary observe the burial.
As evening approached, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who had himself become a disciple of Jesus. Going to Pilate, he asked for Jesus’ body, and Pilate ordered that it be given to him. Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut out of the rock. He rolled a big stone in front of the entrance to the tomb and went away.
Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting there opposite the tomb.
It was Preparation Day (that is, the day before the Sabbath). So as evening approached, Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent member of the Council, who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God, went boldly to Pilate and asked for Jesus’ body.
Pilate was surprised to hear that he was already dead. Summoning the centurion, he asked him if Jesus had already died. When he learned from the centurion that it was so, he gave the body to Joseph. So Joseph bought some linen cloth, took down the body, wrapped it in the linen, and placed it in a tomb cut out of rock. Then he rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb.
Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where he was laid.
Now there was a man named Joseph, a member of the Council, a good and upright man, who had not consented to their decision and action. He came from the Judean town of Arimathea and he was waiting for the kingdom of God. Going to Pilate, he asked for Jesus’ body. Then he took it down, wrapped it in linen cloth and placed it in a tomb cut in the rock, one in which no-one had yet been laid.
It was Preparation Day, and the Sabbath was about to begin.
Later, Joseph of Arimathea asked Pilate for the body of Jesus. Now Joseph was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly because he feared the Jews. With Pilate’s permission, he came and took the body away.
He was accompanied by Nicodemus, the man who earlier had visited Jesus at night. Nicodemus brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds. Taking Jesus’ body, the two of them wrapped it, with the spices, in strips of linen. This was in accordance with Jewish burial customs.
At the place where Jesus was crucified, there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no-one had ever been laid. Because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and since the tomb was near by, they laid Jesus there.
Mary and Mary prepare the spices and perfumes for Jesus’ body
The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee followed Joseph and saw the tomb and how his body was laid in it. Then they went home and prepared spices and perfumes. But they rested on the Sabbath in obedience to the commandment.
The tomb is sealed and guarded
The next day, the one after Preparation Day, the chief priests and the Pharisees went to Pilate. “Sir,” they said, “we remember that while he was still alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’
So give the order for the tomb to be made secure until the third day. Otherwise, his disciples may come and steal the body and tell the people that he has been raised from the dead. This last deception will be worse than the first.”
“Take a guard,” Pilate answered. “Go, make the tomb as secure as you know how.” So they went and made the tomb secure by putting a seal on the stone and posting the guard.
13 February 2012
Millennial Generation
Recently, I finished reading The Millennials, by Thom Rainer and Jess Rainer. The book seeks to interpret research done among a group of 1200 people born between 1980 and 1991. It was an interesting and generally positive look at this generation. Today, I came across this graphic that summarizes the generation.
- Do you think this accurately summarizes (generalizes) this generation?
- Is this an American phenomenon or is this true world wide?
- How does your ministry need to change to speak into the lives of Millennials?
Bob A
22 October 2011
Churches That Change Cities
In many parts of Sub-Saharan Africa, it's easy enough to get people to agree to follow Jesus and to plant churches. Shoot, several years ago, during a brief few weeks, US volunteers reported 80,000 professions of faith along the coast of Kenya, from Mombasa to Malindi — that's an area where Islam is prevalent. The difficulty is planting churches that make a difference.
Steve Sjogren, who blogs at ChurchPlanting.com, put up a post yesterday with some suggestions on how to plant churches that make a real difference in an urban area: How to Plant Churches That Change Cities. It's an interesting article. Here are his four main points:
- Layer your city with acts of love
- Preach the gospel with great love once they arrive
- Take a vow of stability
- Spin off daughter churches
He's writing from the perspective of a church planter in the U.S. and the methodology to which he alludes seems to be traditional church planting rather that one that is based around gathering small groups and using oral-preference methods like S-T4T. Still, the principles are valid.
- How would you implement these principles in an African context?
- Have you used any or all of these principles in your own church planting? What were the results?
For the Kingdom,
Bob A
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