Archive for the ‘Way of Jesus’ Category
Alan Hirsch on How the Gospel Changes Discipleship
Posted: 2nd August 2011 by Brad Brisco in Alan Hirsch, Gospel, Incarnational, Kingdom of God, Missional, Spiritual Formation, Theology, Way of JesusAlan Hirsch on Cultural Distance & the American Missionary Problem
Posted: 14th February 2011 by Brad Brisco in Alan Hirsch, Church, Church Planting, Culture, Ecclesiology, Forge, Gospel, Missiology, Missional, Theology, Training, Video, Way of JesusBelow are two very helpful videos presentations by Alan Hirsch from last year’s AND conference at Granger Community Church. The bulk of the first video is spent on the very important topic of cultural distance and the problem it creates for meaningful communication of the gospel. Building upon the cultural distance discussion, he then proceeds [...]
Mission And The Public Square
Posted: 12th February 2011 by Brad Brisco in Books, Church, Gospel, Missiology, Missional, Way of JesusIn chapter 13 of The Mission of God’s People: A Biblical Theology of the Church’s Mission, Christopher Wright provides an excellent analysis on mission and the public square. Wright acknowledges that the mission of God’s people is far too big to be left only to “missionaries.” Furthermore, most Christians live in the ordinary everyday world, [...]
Right Here Right Now: Everyday Mission For Everyday People
Posted: 17th January 2011 by Brad Brisco in Alan Hirsch, Books, Ecclesiology, Gospel, Hospitality, Incarnational, Kingdom of God, Missional, Way of JesusI am often asked to recommend a book that does a good job of introducing the missional church conversation. While there are several great resources that deal with missional church issues, I sometimes struggle with recommending the precise book because the majority of books written in the past decade are directed either towards church leaders [...]
Hugh Halter & Incarnational Posture
Posted: 19th October 2010 by Brad Brisco in Gospel, Incarnational, Missional, Spiritual Formation, Video, Way of JesusFollowing is a video from a short session with Hugh Halter at the Verge conference from last year. It was one of the more impactful moments of the conference for me. Halter spoke on the power of an incarnational posture. He does an outstanding job of retelling the story of the woman caught in adultery [...]
Evening Prayer
Posted: 18th October 2010 by Brad Brisco in Books, Justice, Missional, Prayer, Way of JesusHeavenly Father, give me a heart like the heart of Jesus, a heart more ready to minister than to be ministered to, a heart moved by compassion towards the weak and the oppressed, a heart set upon the coming of Your Kingdom in the world. I pray tonight, for all those sorts and conditions of [...]
Simon Carey Holt & God Next Door
Posted: 12th July 2010 by Brad Brisco in Books, Culture, Hospitality, Missiology, Missional, Spiritual Formation, Video, Way of JesusThe videos below include two segments of a conversation between Alan Roxburgh and Simon Carey Holt. The videos are a companion resource to an excellent workbook written by Roxburgh titled “Moving Back into the Neighborhood.” The MBiN workbook can be downloaded here. As mentioned before, I initially thought the $30 price tag for a 77 [...]
Jesus Manifesto by Sweet and Viola
Posted: 31st May 2010 by Brad Brisco in Books, Gospel, Spiritual Formation, Theology, Way of JesusSeveral weeks ago I received a pre-release copy of a new book called Jesus Manifesto: Restoring the Supremacy and Sovereignty of Jesus Christ by Leonard Sweet and Frank Viola. I am only three chapters into the book, but I wanted to share a couple of excerpts that really spoke to me: “God is not so [...]
Michael Frost: Step Into The Way of Mission
Posted: 12th April 2010 by Brad Brisco in Books, Church, Church Planting, Community Transformation, Gospel, Michael Frost, Scripture, Video, Way of JesusThis past weekend I had the privilege of attending the launch of Forge America in Chicago. It was a great time of networking and hearing how God is moving in various contexts around the world. It was also fantastic to hear from Deb and Alan Hirsch as they shared the heart of their new book Untamed: Reactivating [...]
The Forgotten Ways Training Videos
Posted: 12th February 2010 by Brad Brisco in Alan Hirsch, Books, Church, Church Planting, Ecclesiology, Gospel, Incarnational, Leadership, Missiology, Missional, Networks, Spiritual Formation, Training, Video, Way of JesusMost of you that follow this blog are familiar with The Forgotten Ways by Alan Hirsch. It is certainly one of the most significant books in the present missional conversation. If you are not familiar with the book you can read a series of post I did here. I would also highly recommend the more [...]
Nouwen & The Ministry of Presence
Posted: 1st February 2010 by Brad Brisco in Hospitality, Incarnational, Missional, Way of Jesus“More and more, the desire grows in me simply to walk around, greet people, enter their homes, sit on their doorsteps, play ball, throw water, and be known as someone who wants to live with them. It is a privilege to have the time to practice this simple ministry of presence. Still, it is not [...]
During the conference this week Eric Swanson made an interesting comment about the church’s ministry with the poor. While reflecting on Matthew 26:11, when Jesus says “You will always have the poor with you,” he stated that while there will always be the poor among us, it shouldn’t be the same poor. In other words, [...]
After a month hiatus I am looking forward to posting regularly on the blog again. I have a backlog of missional resources and posts that I hope to start sharing in the next day or two. I had to take a month off to finish up my dissertation. Additionally, last week my family and I [...]
“If you locked a new believer in a room for a month, and told him/her to read the Gospels and learn all they could about Jesus’ understanding of true spiritual leadership, there is no possible way that they would emerge a month later and suggest a CEO-style, management-based heirarchical model.” – Robby Mac
If the world is sane, then Jesus is mad as a hatter and the Last Supper is the Mad Tea Party. The world says, “Mind your own business,” and Jesus says, “There is no such thing as your own business.” The world says, “Follow the wisest course and be a success,” and Jesus says, “Follow [...]