Category Archives: Missional

Joshua Case(s) the Oil Spill Around the Table

Theology student, golfer, and competing podcaster Joshua Case is joined by Julia Clawson, Ben Lowe, and Tom Sine discussing the nearly month old offshore pipeline disaster. I describe the event that way as it ...

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What is the new “chortle?” – Missional?

"Missional" is making the rounds in the interwebs in anticipation of a consensus. I suspect pulling a new word into meaning requires antagonists and allies. After all, "missional" still is ...

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Stetzer on The Exchange

How do you coach pastors who clamor for time you do not have? You create a webcast and exchange phone conversations for a webcam and a chat box and call it The Exchange with ...

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Nude Justice – Bill Kinnon Gets Naked

You must run over and read the short post at Kinnon.tv. Bill exposes readers to what is often apparently missed in the clear reading of Scripture. Jesus describes the manner in which justice is expressed in the world by those who would follow his way in Matthew 25 - it is ...

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The Missional Slope, or Should Have Linked to Kinnon

Here in Oklahoma we are bracing for what meteorologists believe will be a major "winter event." Translation for you not schooled in Okie meteorological euphemisms. We are headed for some rain, followed by freezing rain, then ...

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Giveaway – Coffeehouse Theology Study Guide by Ed Cyzewski

My friend Ed Cyzewski is offering a free pdf download of a study guide that compliments his book Coffeehouse Theology - The Coffeehouse Theology Study Guide. If you subscribe to his newsletter you will also receive a 35% off discount coupon toward ...

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Kinnon Goes Ultimate Fighter

Bill Kinnon addresses one of the consequences of "church celebrity culture." In his recent post, "I Should Be Shocked," Bill calls into question what some mean by missional and the unusual practices that occur when we get the notion wrong. At the very least, "missional" should be understood as "for people" in the ...

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(Not) Sponsors – The Upstream Collective

Would you like to go to Barcelona? Ed Stetzer offered a group of pastors the opportunity to join him on a "vision" trip to Western Europe. I had just finished an online course with David Fitch, "Readings in Postmodern Philosophy and Theology." During our conversation at the end of that course, ...

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Moore Says, “Jesus Has AIDS”

Russ Moore alerted his readership to a newsworthy development. "Jesus has AIDS." Capturing the use of the "magnetic" headline, Moore reminds many who would keep "others" at arms distance that Jesus would not. Russ spends a great deal of time with the subject of adoption. What would it look like if we adopted a ...

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Fear the Pagitt – What Role for the Scriptures?

We Southern Baptists know how to make an issue out of the Scriptures. Al Mohler recently tweeted he was sitting in the Cafe du Monde in the French Quarter listening to Paige Patterson describe the historic conversation between he and Judge Pressler. ...

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