Audio “Reliability of the Christian Canon”

Posted on September 21, 2013

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The audio from our evening with Dr. Michael Goheen on ‘The Reliability of the Christian Canon” is now available.

Is the Bible reliable? Does its reliability stand or fall upon the decisions of church councils? Does the Bible provide an accurate portrayal of the person of Jesus Christ? What was Jesus’ view of the Scriptures? These are important questions, especially in an educated, forward thinking city like Austin.

Slides from the presentation can be downloaded here: Canon Powerpoint

Biblical Missiology Conference – 9/17

Posted on August 6, 2013

Missional best practices can only get us so far and then we burnout. In order to carry the mission of God forward, leaders and churches need deep theological conviction formed by biblical missiology. But that’s not enough. Even with strong biblical convictions in place, competing cultural stories like consumerism and individualism can challenge, distort or undermine the mission of the church. How can we plant, lead, and multiply churches that make discerning disciples amidst these challenges? Finally, using Scripture and culture, how do we form missional practices that are true to the gospel?

Michael Goheen, top notch scholar and faithful practitioner, will deliver three robust talks based on three important books he has written:

Don’t miss this Micro-conference on September 17, 2013.

 

Resuming the Blog & Bits

Posted on June 12, 2013

painting-prometheusAfter a long break from blogging, I will be resuming soon. I’ve got lots to share about what I’m learning as a leader, father, husband, pastor, and writer. I’m excited to share failures, successes, and news about new book projects. Plus, I’m planning on getting this blog a good facelift that will promote maximal reading space.

For now, I’ll share a couple new bits I’ve written:

  • Interview on Discipleship with Eric Geiger (where I contrast knowledge disciple vs. multiplying disciple and suggest a middle way forward).

6 Reasons We Wrote Raised? | Doubting the Resurrection

Posted on March 15, 2013

raised-190x282We wrote this short eBook Raised | Doubting the Resurrection for several reasons.

  1. We wanted something brief and readable to give away to skeptics. After all, the notion that a man rose from the dead is pretty incredible!
  2. We want to promote more gospel thinking on the resurrection for discipleship. After all, if Christ is not raised we are still in our sins.
  3. We wanted to bless the churches with a short, deep, practical and very readable book on the resurrection they could give away on Easter.
  4. We are so taken with power of the resurrection to change, not just our present, but also our past and future, we couldn’t help ourselves.
  5. We felt a genuine prompting from the Holy Spirit. I was supposed to release a book on practical disciple-making but he redirected us to this!
  6. We are so moved that Jesus death and resurrection becomes our death and resurrection by faith alone in the risen Christ alone!

If you go to the site, there is artwork to download so that your churches can let everyone download it on the spot in your services. Go to www.raisedbook.com.

We are praying for you, your churches, that the power and grace of the resurrected Jesus would suffuse your lives and Easter gatherings. The Lord is Risen!