“Finishing the Task” Movement goes Youtube
February 20, 2008 by admin
Do you know someone who isn’t saved?Better yet, do you know of a people group that hasn’t even been engaged with the Gospel?This will be the first of many videos and posts that will be related to the church considering the important task of reaching every tribe and language and people and nation, fulfilling the declaration in Revelation 5:9:
“…with your blood you purchased men for Godfrom every tribe and language and people and nation.”
How are you currently reaching these 4 groups?
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Perspective from the Chinese Movement on The Great Commission
February 14, 2008 by admin
How do our Chinese brothers live out the Great Commission?Brother Paul: They believe there is only one reason why God has left them here on earth: that is to evangelize the lost. Anyone who is not actively pursuing this holy purpose is missing the mark. The Great Commission cannot be compromised. Their methods are anointed preaching with signs following. The leaders instruct the evangelism teams to go to a new village and inquire about the worst problem in the village. Then they are to go and minister to that problem andshow that Jesus is the all-powerful Savior.With this success, they turn to the people and preach Jesus to them.Excerpt from article by Denny Kenaston of The Remnant Magazine (Distributed by H2H Magazine)For the entire interview, use the following link. The article can be found under January/February 2003:www.charityministies.org/theremnant/theremnant-textonly.cfm
What do you think of this telling answer about living out the Great Commission compared to how we live it out here.
More on Jesus Movements soon…
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Do we need to earn the right to share the Gospel?
February 13, 2008 by admin
Mark Cahill has a passion for evangelism in the Church. He speaks to 1000s of college and high school students around the country and his two books have influenced many Christians around the world to share their faith, while also leading many people of different faiths to follow Jesus.
When Mark Cahill’s Newsletter arrives in my email every month, I always open it to see what Mark’s talking about each month. This month’s title was “Andy Stanley Says We Must Earn”, and right away I knew who Andy Stanley was because he is the head pastor of a large mega church in Atlanta called North Point Community Church, where Passion Conference’s Founder, Louie Giglio has been on staff in the past (check out 268generation.com for more info). Andy Stanley is also the son of a well known baptist preacher, Charles Stanley. I have heard Andy Stanley speak at Passion’s Thirsty Conference and have also been encouraged by his book How Good is good enough?. But, after what Mark shared from a USAToday, I was discouraged by Andy Stanley’s comments regarding evangelism. Mark writes in his newsletter about the following USA TODAY Article:
“One thing I do now when I hear quotes from Christian people is to see if the quote can be backed up with Scripture. One pastor told me one of the mistakes we regularly make with Christians is that when we listen to them we put our guard down instead of putting our guard up. Andy Stanley, a pastor here in Atlanta, said: “If we were able to rewrite the script for the reputation of Christianity, I think we would put the emphasis on developing relationships with non-believers, serving them, loving them, and making them feel accepted…Only then would we earn the right to share the gospel.”"
What stuck out to you in this quote from Andy Stanley? For me, it was unequivocally his statement, “only then would we earn the right to share the gospel”. This sounds a lot like many Christians today that I speak with, and some at my church in Orange County who have used this statement to defend what may be complacency toward sharing the gospel with strangers or their possible fear of evangelism altogether. As you will see from Mark’s newsletter, he uses sound biblical understanding to look at this argument. Please take a look at his full newsletter here.
I do not wish to cause division by bringing this into the light, but I do hope that this can foster sound biblical doctrine, a missional heart like Jesus had, and more unity than ever before. We need to analyze our viewpoints toward why we don’t share our faith with strangers. I think this goes so much deeper than evangelism. In fact, I’ve been fighting the wrong battle for too long. The real issue is about the church, and fighting against the institution of Christianity. We need to be about a Jesus movement that disciples well, embodys the life of Jesus well, and be a community with the purpose of reaching out to the world around us. And, I know that if you and I together are willing to seek out these answers in both the Scriptures and life of Jesus, we will become a unified church with the heartbeat of Jesus’ heartbeat “who came to seek and save that which is lost”… …and I guarantee they won’t just be your neighbors, coworkers or family members.
See one of Mark’s videos called “No Crossing Over: Is it true that people in hell believe in personal evangelism, but people on earth do not?”:
About Andy Stanley
Andy Stanley serves as senior pastor of the campuses of North Point Ministries, including North Point Community Church in Alpharetta, Georgia; Buckhead Church in Atlanta, Georgia; and Browns Bridge Community Church in Cumming, Georgia. Each Sunday, over twenty thousand attend one of these NPM campuses. Andy is the bestselling author of Visioneering, The Next Generation Leader, The Best Question Ever, and How Good Is Good Enough? Andy and his wife, Sandra, have two sons and a daughter.
About Mark Cahill
Mak Cahill has a business degree from Auburn University, where he was an honorable mention Academic All-American in basketball. He has worked in the business world at IBM and in various management positions, and he taught high school for four years. Mark now speaks to more than 25,000 people a year at conferences, camps, retreats, etc. He has also appeared on numerous radio and television shows. Mark’s favorite thing to do is to go out and meet people and find out what they believe and why they believe it. Mark has written “One Thing You can’t do in heaven” and “One Heartbeat Away”.
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Passion encourages young people with God of This City Album!
February 11, 2008 by admin
If you haven’t heard the new Passion album, you have to check it out for yourself on streaming radio today whether you are at work or home! Worshipmusic.com has a website called worshipmusicradio.com that streams new cds and they are currently sharing Passion’s new ‘God of This City’ cd, which includes new songs from Matt Redman, Chris Tomlin, Steve Fee, Charlie Hall, and David Crowder Band. You can buy the cd at Passion’s 268store here.
They also have a special website for the CD that is well done, with special video footage about the cd from Louie Giglio, Chris Tomlin, and Matt Redman:
http://ecards.emicmg.com/passion/godofthiscity/
You will love the new ‘God of This City’ song by Chris Tomlin, ‘Hosanna’ by Christy Nockels, ‘God of our Yesterdays’ by Matt Redman and more…
Passion’s Website describe the CD below:
Uniting thousands of university students in an effort to make God’s fame known in the campuses and churches of the nation, the Passion movement continues to gain momentum. This fall, the movement has launched Passion Regional:: USA gatherings across the country. These gatherings happen in Boston, Chicago in the fall and continue in Los Angeles, Dallas, Washington DC and Atlanta through spring. In celebration of this moment and in preparation of Passion: World Tour 2008 set to begin in May ’08, sixstepsrecords presents Passion’s latest disc.
Highlighting some of the best moments of both Passion’07 in Atlanta (with over 23,000 university students) and the USA regional events, the album will feature new music from Chris Tomlin, David Crowder Band, Charlie Hall, Matt Redman, Christy Nockels, Kristian Stanfill and more.
Track Listing
Let God Arise - Chris Tomlin
You Are God - Charlie Hall
God Of This City - Chris Tomlin
O For A Thousand Tongues To Sing - David Crowder*Band
Hosanna - Christy Nockels
Sing Sing Sing - Chris Tomlin
Beautiful Jesus - Kristian Stanfill
Walk This World - Charlie Hall
We Shine - Steve Fee
God Of Our Yesterdays - Matt Redman
Glory Of It All - David Crowder*Band
Shine - Matt Redman
Dancing Generation - Matt Redman
Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone) - Chris Tomlin
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Francis Chan Video Blog
February 5, 2008 by admin
I have to share a cool video blog I found from Francis Chan. He recorded some behind the scenes interviews with Chris Tomlin and Matt Redman that are just priceless.I was hoping that Francis would have a section on his blog where people could leave comments, but for some reason he has disabled this feature. Francis, if you are reading this, we would love to be able to interact with you on your blog and leave comments!!!! Please enable comments!Anyway, here is Mr. Chan’s video blog:http://www.francischansblog.blogspot.com/Francis Chan Message:http://intheclearing.blogspot.com/2008/02/message-monday.html
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