Complementarian vs Egalitarian in the Western Church
Exploring the shift between Complementarian and Egalitarian leadership in the Western church and what it means for the future.
Exploring the shift between Complementarian and Egalitarian leadership in the Western church and what it means for the future.
Learn how to dream bigger with God through three spiritual practices from Romans 12 that align your life with His greater purpose.
Five outcomes that reveal how the Gospel transforms our hearts and lives.
We are bombarded with messages to improve ourselves. “The new you!” “Self-care and self-love!” These and similar pitches push us to the centre of our own attention and at times, the centre of our adoration. This type of thinking and living doesn’t last.
Every pastor claims to know the right way to evangelize. Many are also quick to downplay or disregard other methods or models of evangelism. Over my time in ministry, I’ve come to learn that the ways people come to know Jesus are both deep and wide. And we should be careful when targeting a single way to share the Gospel as the only way.
Not sure if you’re familiar with the Enneagram, but I am an 8 (the Challenger), with a wing-7 (the Enthusiast). My internal nature is to always be working on or running to the next big thing. My mind is constantly focused on a challenge to overcome, or an experience to be had. Sure, I can get a lot accomplished and I have a lot of unique adventures, but there is a shadow side to every Enneagram number.
How much peace are you experiencing these days? Would you define this chapter of your life as a peaceful one? Maybe that’s an unfair question in the current state of the world.
Imagine our world if every conversation ended with “Go in Peace”. Imagine if the the last word we said to each other in conversation was, “peace”. What would our society look like?
How’s this chapter of life going? Maybe for you, this chapter has a lot of difficult moments; personal struggles, broken relationships, as well as the numerous trials related to this cultural moment. As we navigate the difficulties of life, we can choose to quit and walk away, or we can choose to stay! To stay the course, looking forward to the end goal; past this earthly life and into eternity, focused on a better story.
Who was this Child born on that very first Christmas Eve? Why was He so important, that we’d still be talking about Him 2000 years later? Is He still important to us? To humanity? To the world?
Every leader will struggle with sin on some level, throughout their entire life. And yet, how a leader positions themselves within that struggle will make all the difference.
Paul, to the Corinthian Church: “Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be uninformed.” (1 Cor. 12:1) Does this still apply to the church today? Should we, living in 2018 Western world take Paul’s words seriously? And if we do, is today’s church informed enough? Not sure? These 3 questions will…
The Bible & The Christian Life. We live in a world of “I think…” and “I feel…” when it comes to eternity. Western culture promotes this idea that, “we’re all on different roads that lead to the same place” and that, “we’ll all make it in the end.” This inclusivity mindset works as long as…