Leadership
The Church And Mission
WHAT IN THE WORLD ARE WE DOING FOR HEAVEN’S SAKE? What would you do if you knew the Lord was coming back tomorrow? Fundamentalists would stage an evangelistic crusade; ‘mainliners’ might visit the sick; charismatics would have a revival meeting, radicals organize a protest march. Martin Luther said he’d plant a tree… An inappropriate response […]
Postmodernism
(I Need Your Help) I’ve been asked to talk to some clergy conferences on the differences between modernism and postmodernism, and want to make it simple. How about helping me complete this imaginary overhead projector transparency? (As a pre-postmodernist I like things to be logical/understood :-)! (P.S. I know a little of the debate about […]
Preaching
Christianity is par excellence the religion of the Word. When we speak, we disclose ourselves: so does God. God has spoken in various ways – nature, history, conscience, prophets and ultimately in his Son (Hebrews 1:1,2). Jesus Christ IS God’s word to us. God also speaks through the written word, the Bible. And the word […]
Evangelicalism
This chapter was written for the second edition of my book Recent trends Among Evangelicals during Easter 1991, eighteen months after the Lausanne II in Manila Conference on World Evangelization (July 11-20, 1989). It is deliberately impressionistic – a montage of quotes, ideas and my reactions. It is still too early for a serious evaluation. […]
Creativity & Institutions
The English professor in Dead Poets Society (‘John Keating’ played by Robin Williams) dramatically tells his students ‘Carpe diem’ – ‘Seize the day!’ Every one of you will die, he warns, and the critical question is: Will you wait too long to make what you should of your lives? ‘Make your life extraordinary!’ The climax […]
Church In 21st Century
(Rough Notes of a paper read to the Baptist Union of Victoria, sometime in 1999). Exercise : Hand out pieces of paper, and ask the students to write down seven things that would happen in the future, and put a date against them. Collect the m and arrange in chronological order to see what kind […]
Bible
Notes of a sermon preached on ABC TV’s Morning Worship for Bible Sunday, 24 July 1988. IT’S BIBLE SUNDAY; AND IF I WERE TO ASK YOU TO SUMMARIZE THE TEACHING OF THE JEWISH AND CHRISTIAN SCRIPTURES IN ONE OR TWO SENTENCES, HOW WOULD YOU DO IT? IN OTHER WORDS, WHAT’S THE BIG IDEA IN THE […]
Church Growth
WHAT MAKES CHURCHES GROW? by Rowland Croucher (GRID, Winter-Spring 1984) A pastor and lay leader were attending a symposium on church growth, and at the end confronted the main speaker. ‘I’m convinced our church’s ministry to the community is valuable, a solid core of members is dedicated… But few people are joining us’, the pastor […]
Fundamentalists Vs Liberals
Some Reflections Much of the ‘heat’ in discussions on this newsgroup derives from two basically conflicting views of Christian reality. In my ministry as a consultant to all churches this polarization is evident everywhere. Here’s a rough summary: you might like to add other categories – GOD – Mainly judge (Fundamentalists); mainly love (Liberals) BIBLE […]
Evangelism
HEATHMONT BAPTIST CHURCH: INTEGRATED STUDIES (CHURCH THEME FOR 1996) 1. BUILDING TRUST-RELATIONSHIPS – WITH CHRIST AND WITH OTHERS (Luke 15:1-32) 1-1. ‘Jesus and the religious leaders related to ‘sinners’ in different ways. ("Sinners" were numbered among his friends, but church-people tended to have only church-folk for their friends)…’ Why? How might church-people differ like this […]
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