So far most of the teaching and discussion around Worldview has seemed bent more towards thought than practical matters.  But don’t forget, people have thoughts every day.  Every second.  You know that voice in your head that you are in continuous dialogue with?  Those are thoughts, and the outplaying of that conversation largely determines your actions.  Worldview inspection aims to get at the ‘why’ you have these thoughts or outlooks on life.  Getting behind something that is happening every day, every second, is about as practical as it gets.

However, when you actually go to talk to people, you’ve probably already found out that very few people go around talking about Worldview categories and questions.  What is Ultimate Reality? and What is a human being?, are not every day conversation topics. Continue Reading…

We recommended two ways to sustain positive momentum: (1) Focus on vision and mission and (2) Building relationships.  In Life Groups, we achieve these foci by living missionally and by knowing each other’s story.  I want to illustrate the connection of these points by simply telling a story from my life…if you’ve been to the new leader training, you’ve already heard it.  Sorry.

About two and half years into four years of Seminary, my family and I were still very unsure what we were going to do when we finished.  Then one weekend a couple of my best buddies came to visit.  I didn’t think of them as “unchurched secular minded people”, they were just my friends, but I did know that they were antagonistic to Christianity and Church. Continue Reading…

If Life Groups are the means by which we create authentic Christian community, we need to be very clear what a Christian community is.

Usually it is good practice to stay focused on positive aspects of something, but in this case we need to be honest about what an authentic Christian community is not.

It is NOT:

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