Urbangelical

What Does That Mean?

What Does That Mean? …he himself will be saved, but only as through fire.  1 Corinthians 3:15 “Dr. Reymond, what does that mean, exactly?,” asked a classmate in seminary about today’s verse. It was the kind of question Dr. Reymond answered with unflinching clarity a thousand times about the most complex and con...

The Words in Red

The Words in Red …for his word possessed authority.  Luke 4.32 Early in my church life, I toted my Ryrie Study Bible into Sunday School and sat down next to a man I later learned was a big deal. And, for good reasons, his legacy continues to this day. We said polite ‘hellos’ and I opened my Bible to […]

Lame Preachers

Lame Preachers Like a lame man’s legs, which hang useless, is a proverb in the mouth of fools. Proverbs 26.7 Wisdom isn’t synonymous with orthodoxy, but everything that isn’t orthodox is foolish, which means the theologically sound preacher can mistake himself for a wise man who wonders why his sermons have ...

The Unlikely Marriage of Mission and Institution Part 5

The Unlikely Marriage of Mission and Institution Part 5 How the New Testament Did the Great Commission and What it Means for the Church Today —by— Rev. Michael Kelly Executive Director of the Northwest Church Planting Network We Must Change Our Metric for Successful Church Plants.  It is often said that it is the leader’s job to define reality. Tr...

The Unlikely Marriage of Mission and Institution Part 4

The Unlikely Marriage of Mission and Institution Part 4 How the New Testament Did the Great Commission and What it Means for the Church Today —by— Rev. Michael Kelly Executive Director of the Northwest Church Planting Network Our Apologists Must Turn Their Energies to Defending the Church in History Our apologists have been busy these last decades. ...

The Unlikely Marriage of Mission and Institution Part 3

The Unlikely Marriage of Mission and Institution Part 3 How the New Testament Did the Great Commission and What it Means for the Church Today —by— Rev. Michael Kelly Executive Director of the Northwest Church Planting Network The History of the Future— Before we draw lesson for our mission, we will do well to remember that our missional fathers and...

For Starter

For Starter Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. 1 Timothy 1.2 You’ve read and reread the pastoral epistles to learn your craft.  They’ve warned of false teachers, instructed you in corporate worship, shown the marks of qualified officers, trained us to shepherd the waywar...

The Unlikely Marriage of Mission and Institution Part 2

The Unlikely Marriage of Mission and Institution Part 2 How the New Testament Did the Great Commission and What it Means for the Church Today —by— Rev. Michael Kelly Executive Director of the Northwest Church Planting Network Part 2 The Challenge and Necessity of New Testament Mission in the 21st Century— Historical Trends— Speaking of the advent...

The Unlikely Marriage of Mission and Institution

The Unlikely Marriage of Mission and Institution How the New Testament Did the Great Commission and What it Means for the Church Today —by— Rev. Michael Kelly Executive Director of the Northwest Church Planting Network Part 1 The Challenge and Necessity of New Testament Mission in the 21st Century— Historical Trends— Speaking of the advent...

Artifacts

Artifacts This is post 1 of 1 in the series “legacy” …do not wipe out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God.   Nehemiah 13.14 I’m writing this Med in Britain a few miles away from churches built 700 years ago on sites that hosted Christian worship 700 years before […]

In Defense of Harshness

In Defense of Harshness You are in the gall of bitterness and in the bond of iniquity. Acts 8.23 The converted magician, Simon, had the very bad idea to buy the Holy Spirit and got an epic rebuke and a bad rep for two-thousand years. Before this Med continues, the I want to be clear that offering to purchase […]

The Unlikely Marriage of Mission and Institution

The Unlikely Marriage of Mission and Institution How the New Testament Did the Great Commission and What it Means for the Church Today —by— Rev. Michael Kelly Executive Director of the Northwest Church Planting Network Part 2 The Challenge and Necessity of New Testament Mission in the 21st Century— Historical Trends— Speaking of the advent...