The Gospel in All its FormsLike God, the gospel is both one and more than that.by Tim Keller | posted 5/23/2008 in Leadershipjournal.net
The gospel has been described as a pool in which a toddler can wade and yet an elephant can swim. It is both simple enough to tell to a child and profound enough for the greatest minds to explore. Indeed, even angels never tire of looking into it (1 Peter 1:12). Humans are by no means angels, however, so rather than contemplating it, we argue about it.
A generation ago evangelicals agreed on "the simple gospel": (1) God made you and wants to have a relationship with you, (2) but your sin separates you from God. (3) Jesus took the punishment your sins deserved, (4) so if you repent from sins and trust in him for your salvation, you will be ...
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Church planters are some of God's most amazing servants. They are, generally speaking, young men who love Jesus, love their wives and children, love the church, and love lost people. With their wives and children they step out in faith to plant a church that shares the love and truth of Jesus with lost people. Their family does so at great cost to their finances and health.
One of these risk-taking, hard-working church planters in our Acts 29 Network is Brad Hovis, who is planting High View Church in Denver. Every year the church planters and their wives from Acts 29 gather for a few-day retreat so that we can invest in them. At our retreat last summer, Brad informed me of a very difficult situation he and his lovely wife were facing. She was pregnant with their second child, a baby ...
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Mission and Vision:
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1. Our first mandate is the Great Commission
Our vision is to have 1000 churches with an average of 250 people each. That would be a quarter of a million people worshipping Jesus in A29 affiliated churches. This could be accomplished in under 7 years.
2. Church: what is it?
(from Vintage Church) "The local church is a community of regenerated believers who confess Jesus Christ as Lord. In obedience to scripture, they organize under qualified leadership, gather regularly for preaching and worship, observe the biblical sacraments of baptism & communion, are unified by the Spirit, are disciplined for holiness, scattered to fulfill the Great Commandment and the Great Commission as missionaries to the world for ...
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The Spiritual Man
by Pastor Scott Thomas, Director of Acts 29
Romans 8:5-11
Romans 8:5-8 tells us about an ultimate choice: Life or death; hostility or peace. "For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God..." (Rom. 8:6-7a.).
In 1681, one of the foremost Puritan theologians John Owen had a book published entitled, Grace and Duty of Being Spiritually Minded. In 1989 it was first published in London in an easier-to-read and shortened format under the title, Thinking Spiritually.
Two States of Mankind
Carnally Minded or Spiritually Minded?These two opposing forces are seen as the only two states of mankind. John Owen said, "When a man...is not spiritually minded, he is ...
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This is your last chance to sign up for the Church Planting Boot Camp in Dallas. Read over the information and sign up to attend Depth Church Planting Conference at The Village Church (Matt Chandler is the pastor) Wednesday, November 19, 2008, 10:00 AM - Thursday, November 20, 2008, 5:00 PM.
Whether you are interested to explore the exciting journey of planting a church, to discern a call to plant or to hear the great lineup of speakers, we present this Boot Camp for a couple of days to challenge you to go deep into the heart and mission of the gospel. To go deep means that we look honestly into our hearts and examine the sins that may deter our passion for Jesus Christ. It means that we apply the gospel of redemption by confessing, repenting and reconciling those ...
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