The culture that has lost its spiritual roots is a dying culture… however prosperous it may appear externally.
FOUR MARKS OF THE POST-CHRISTIAN MIND. Dr James Emery White
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The REAL Benedict Option
Benedict rose to the challenge (calling others who would awake to it also) of another way than that offered by the Church of his day – creating alternate counterculture learning communities to live simply, biblically and faithfully. He didn’t set out to change the world and had no idea how important these little groups of faithful, obedient disciples would prove to be for generations to come. What might such ‘apostolic hubs’ look like in our day?
JOSH HOWARD, Practices, Pitfalls and Principles for multiplying movements
“You don’t have to have BEST practices. Just be okay with ‘good enough’ to do something. Then practice! Innovation means it doesn’t have to be perfect yet.”
Moving Toward Becoming A Coaching Leader
For years, decades, I said to myself ‘I’m too young, nobody will want to learn from me.’ Now it won’t be long before the lie becomes ‘I’m too old, nobody wants to listen to me!’
A LEGEND IN YOUR OWN LUNCHTIME
Now here in the West the question arises more than any time in my life whether the light of the gospel that we have been handed on, that we are to shine before all people, may be in danger of going out? The historic value of the church in society, the idea that this is a Christian nation, that the word of God has a hearing, that flame is burning down in society, in churches and, yes, believers.
New Future Church Podcast with Dr James Emery White – How To Burn Bright Without Burning Out
I think you’ll love listening to this wide ranging and prescient interviews as we discussed subjects including but not limited to Quiet Quitting in Church, Yoga, CS Lewis and what makes great literature!
Where fear sees a crisis, faith sees an opportunity!
However your church is doing, the Big C Church in the UK is smaller, shrinking, and strapped for cash which means…
Why Paul told Timothy he was so FOR women leading, and I want to be too!
Why would Paul name two men getting it wrong then apparently write ‘so the answer is don’t let women teach?’ Writing something which for 2000 years since has been used – by men – to clobber women into submission at worst, or relegate them to help in Sunday school at best?Could it be because we’ve read the rest of scripture through the lens of these two verses, rather than the other way round?
THE 3-WAY STRETCH LAUNCH USES TO GROW YOUR LEADERSHIP AT EVERY LEVEL
people think that getting better means ‘I just need to get a coach’ – but having someone who’s that bit further on, some others you’re working with, and passing on practical lessons to others is the best way to learn and grow.
Miracle story from LAUNCH GoViral19
One of our team was healed by Jesus as she walked through the door on the first day.