The Gospel Must be Explicit
Adapted from a sermon by Matt Chandler at the San Jose Boot Camp in June 2011. The Moralism Pitfall Preacher: The Gospel must be explicit in your teaching — it cannot be assumed. If you ...
Posts with tag: "Gospel"
Brevity of Sermons
Brevity of Sermons By Pastor Scott Thomas Therefore, since brevity is the soul of wit… I will be brief. ~William Shakespeare, Hamlet Church planters generally have a lot of vision, ...
Posted in: Preaching
Church Planting Makes Disciples (and Sometimes Enemies)
Church Planting Makes Disciples (and Sometimes Enemies) By Pastor Scott Thomas Church planting is still one of the most effective ways to make disciples. New church plants baptize twice as many ...
Generous Churches Display the Gospel
Generous Churches Display the Gospel By Pastor Scott Thomas “Honor the Lord with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your produce; then your barns will be filled with ...
Posted in: Mission
Jeff Vanderstelt, "Concert Clay," and the Power of the Gospel for Sanctification
"As a church, if you don't believe in the present reality of the gospel, in terms of the Spirit's presence to save, even now, then you will feel like every time you're up to preach you have got to ...
Posted in: Disciple Making
Acts 29 Boot Camp | February 2-4 in Orlando: Daniel Montgomery, Tyler Jones, Ed Marcelle and Matt Carter
This February 2-4, abandon the cold and head to sunny Orlando to join us for the two-part event -- Acts 29 Boot Camp and Resurgence Conference: Our Fathers and Our Future. For those who ...
What is Missional?
By Pastor Scott Thomas, President of Acts 29 Network I believe Missional is one of the most misunderstood words used in Evangelicalism today. The term is used in a way to mean anything that is ...
Posted in: Mission
Preaching the Gospel in a Doctrine-Averse Culture
by Hunter BeaumontFellowship Denver Church Doctrine in the New Testament literally means “teaching. It’s a morally neutral concept. Doctrine can be good or bad. 1 Tim. 6:3-4 ...
Posted in: Theological Clarity
The Mission Of Disciple Making
by Jeff Vanderstelt Jesus commanded us to make disciples who make disciples. We can make disciples formally and informally. In formal discipleship you need to consider all that you want people ...
Posted in: Theological Clarity
The Centrality of the Gospel
Tim Keller wrote “The Centrality of the Gospel,” an excellent 12-page article available here, on the power and joy of the gospel in transforming lives. Here he explains how the two ...
Posted in: Theological Clarity
