Sublime

The justified pastor—the man justified by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone to God’s glory alone, who happens to be a pastor—when taken on his good day or bad day, ministry high or ministry low, will be received with gladness and welcome. Clothed in the righteousness of him in whom you trust, how can you be turned away? You will not b

Gospel-Driven Productivity (GDP)

a contrast life aimed at communion.

You can see that many in the emerging church movement have reacted to their view that any church structure is “modern” by not only “flattening” church structure but by a reluctance to move away from affirming those whom the Lord has called, gifted, and authorized to serve as leaders in his church in favor of “leaderless” groups.[120]

Carey argued, Christians must expect great things — and not only must we expect them; we must attempt them. No matter how small the beginning, no matter how complicated the task, in the power of the Spirit, under the authority of the risen Christ, we can have absolute confidence in the success of our mission. In commissioning his church, Jesus had

Peace, Walter Brueggemann

Not surprisingly, a growing number of voices called for the renewal of the church: organizational renewal, program renewal, worship renewal, every kind of renewal. There were calls for renewed worship through the introduction of new styles of preaching and contemporary elements (bring the rock concert into the church; exchange guitars, drums, and p