When we think about mission trips, we offer want to go and build churches. Perhaps we’re going to build the wrong type of churches. Perhaps rather than building a church building we should be building “real church” that’s based on relationships and friendships that last forever.
Category: faith
Fully Alive
Some folks from my tribe have been working on a movie project with History Maker Films that is expected to be completed this fall for a film festival in Austin.
From the looks of the trailer, the movie will star Dave McHam (you may remember him from such podcasts as the Something Beautiful Podcast :: 1.3) as well as Briana Treadaway – Brian’s oldest daughter. The trailer also has clips with my bro James Lynch and Heather Treadaway.
Related ::
History Maker Films on Myspace
The trailer on GodTube
Promotional for Pure Love Ministries – featuring Briana Treadaway
All History Maker videos on GodTube
Frank Viola on the Holy Spirit
Frank Viola (Pagan Christianity) has a great article on the gifts of the Holy Spirit in the latest Next-Wave Ezine.
“To my mind, the Holy Spirit has but one job. It’s to reveal, to make known, to magnify, to glorify, to make central and supreme the Lord Jesus Christ…
If you wish to determine if a person is full of the Holy Spirit, listen to his words and watch his life. As far as his words go, he will have but one obsession. It will be Christ. And his life will match his words. He won’t be perfect by any means. Nor will he be above making mistakes. But he will exhibit a spirit of kindness, honesty, and an inclusive openness to all of God’s children . . . the outstanding marks of Christ’s character.”
Mark Driscoll said recently that Jesus is the example of how we must live and the Holy Spirit is the enabler.
I believe the Holy Spirit also helps us gain our focus on Christ. Its as if we view our life through a Mag Light and as we yield to the Spirit the beam becomes smaller and more focused on the mission God’s given us.
What are your thoughts?
My enemies are men like me
I have come to give you life
And to show you how to live it
I have come to make things right
To heal their ears and show you how to forgive them
Because I would rather die
I would rather die
I would rather die
Than to take your life
How can I kill the ones I’m supposed to love
My enemies are men like me
I will protest the sword if it’s not wielded well
My enemies are men like me
Peace by way of war is like purity by way of fornication
It’s like telling someone murder is wrong
And then showing them by way of execution
When justice is bought and sold just like weapons of war
The ones who always pay are the poorest of the poor
– derek webb
Related ::
Thanksgiving Masking
A quote for today
re: Health & Wealth/Prosperity Theology
“…if you simply have enough faith you won’t be like Jesus and be poor and suffer. it is bizarre to say ‘if you have enough faith in Jesus you wouldn’t be like him.”
Mark Driscoll
Related ::
Podcast :: Doctrine of the Holy Spirit in Luke and Acts
Wikipedia :: Prosperity Doctrine
Did John Mayer write the Message or was it the other way around?
Prodigal John has a fun post over on his blog, Stuff Christians Like about Christians smuggling John Mayer into our camp. I think the original title of the post compared Mayer to Christian artist Chris Tomlin.
I think in some ways, John Mayer has snuck inside the Christian circle like a ninja. Or maybe we smuggled him in, I’m not sure. The point is, he’s here, and Christians have embraced him in a surprising way.
I’m personally a fan of John Mayer’s music. Haven’t seen him live (other than on TV) but I hear his concerts are great as well.
Along with his post, Prodigal John offers up this quiz for all. The list below is 15 quotes either from The Message Bible or John Mayer. See if you can tell which is which.
1. Then they get in all their shopping sprees. At day’s end I’m ready for sound sleep,
2. Belief is a beautiful armor, but makes for the heaviest sword
3. Now we see everything that’s going wrong, with the world and those who lead it
4. I dare to believe that the luckless will get lucky someday.
5. She takes you in with your crying eyes, then all at once you have to say goodbye
6. You should have seen that sunrise with your own eyes, it brought me back to life
7. I’m tired of all this—so tired. My bed has been floating … on the flood of my tears.
8. Take all your wasted honor, every little past frustration, take all of your so called problems, better put them in quotations.
9. She says the bible is all that she reads and prefers that I not use profanity
10. And I will walk outside on my own into the light, the kind of clarity that only comes to me on Sunday’s shine, Sunday’s shine
11. I’ve thrown myself headlong into your arms— I’m celebrating your rescue.
12. He comes up empty. A string of zeros.
13. Someday I’ll fly, someday I’ll soar
14. Nightly he strolls in our garden, delighting in the flowers, until dawn breathes its light and night slips away
15. You tell me where to go and though I might leave to find it, I’ll never let your head hit the bed without my hand behind it
Related ::
Stuff Christians Like :: “Mayer” Christianity
Stuff Christians Like :: Answers to the John Mayer Quiz
John Mayer
YouTube :: Waiting on the World to Change
Chris Tomlin
Wikipedia :: The Message Bible
SSL :: Christian is a poor adjective