Reformed + Missional = Reformissional
Unfortunately, this is a common sentiment:
“For me, God’s word was a rule book, and as far as I was concerned, I had already played by the rules and I still felt empty.”
He redeemed us from the curse of the law. Why do so many of us live like we are still under it?
Relevant: Reshaping the Christian Bubble
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from Acts 29
A church that is not missional is not really a church. A church exists by mission as the sun exists by burning. When the sun loses its burn it ceases to be the sun. When a church loses its mission, it ceases to be a church.
Strong words. Read more: What is a missional church?
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Most churches follow the “Field of Dreams” model of ministry: if we build it, they will come. If we have the right program, the right environment, the right attraction, then people will show up. This comprises the attractional model of ministry.
The missional model takes a different approach where the church is out in the world and personally inviting people to engage the Christian faith. In a sense, this should still be attractional. Lifestyle, compassion and charity become the attractive elements as opposed to a program or event.
Blind beggar presents a good comparison of the the Attractional model of ministry, versus the Missional model.
Matt Stone also has an interesting discussion on missional ecclesiology.
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Timothy Cowen discusses the four biblical mandates of the Missional church taken from Matthew 28:18-20; Luke 24:46-49; John 20:21; Acts 1:8
Read more: Timothy Cowin - The Four Missional Mandates
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What does it mean to be Missional? Here’s a helpful summary from Friend of Missional:
So what does it mean to be Reformissional? We’ll have to save that for a future blog post.
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Don’t show my kids this, or I’ll be a very busy pumpkin carver next Halloween!
Check out the United Pumpkins of America at strangemaps.
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So, back on 11/11/2006 as an early Christmas present from Amy, I got this art on my right arm:
I’m thinking about this one for this year’s “early Christmas” present.
Update: I got it November 10th. It’s pretty sweet.
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The environmentalists dilemma: western appetite for biofuels is causing starvation in the poor world.
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Margaret Heffernan has an interesting article up at Fast Company.
My favorite blurb from the article:
If you treat employees like children, they will behave that way — which means trouble. If you treat them like adults, they may just respond likewise.
This statement struck me because I think it can be applied to how parents treat their children. This isn’t to say that parents should try to force their kids to become adults too quickly. But often, treating your children like they are immature will result in a self-fulfilling prophecy–you’ll get immature children.
If you treat [your children] like children, they will behave that way — which means trouble. If you treat them like adults, they may just respond likewise.
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I recently began reading and studying Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ by John Piper. The book comes with a supplemental reading plan (PDF) for added study and meditation. I thought it would be helpful to take this reading plan and hyperlink the Bible passages for easy reference. The rest of this post contains these links to the daily scripture readings from the reading plan. If you find this helpful, drop me a comment.
By they way, you can download the book as a free PDF as well.
View this Reading Plan as a stand-alone page
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