@DrJamesEglinton@timkellernyc 2) Our small groups hosted one “front porch” each month. Each group tried different things, but meals, game nights, service projects, and intentional invites to neighbors became the norm. Several unbelievers are regular attendees in a few of these groups.
@DrJamesEglinton@timkellernyc We made 2 big shifts:
1) Started a youth Bible study for unbelieving teenagers in our neighborhood where students can play basketball + discuss a passage of Scripture in small groups led by church members
Today was my favorite day in the Writing for the Church class -- *Perelandra* discussion day! Each student presented a thesis on the book, and we chopped it up. One of the things we focused on today is how Lewis assumes a "tangibility" to spirituality 1/
This is unspeakably diabolical evil. All the news coming out of this weekend has left me horrified, but this news as I hear my little ones in the next room—Hamas is evil. If we cannot see that, God help us.
"My yoke is kind, and my burden is light" (Matthew 11:30).
You can't find that in the Quran, or the Self-Help section of Barnes & Noble, or the most educated and seasoned psychiatrist, or Jordan Peterson's YouTube channel.
Only in the risen and radiant Jesus Christ.
He alone.
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New Podcast Episode!
New Orleans Church Planter Andrew Hanna talks Mississippi roots and reaching the city
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Welcome to the team, @tonymerida! 🎉
Tony will work to help our church planters strengthen their theology and preaching, making them more effective missionaries and ministers of the gospel. We can’t wait to see how God uses him to impact the kingdom!