How to Handle Missions History, Part Five
This series has peered down at missions history from 30,000 feet. The purpose wasn’t to be comprehensive, but clarifying, building a very...
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- Aug 7
- 3 min
How To Handle Missions History, Part Four
The Barbarians The second New Testament epoch of missions history according to mission-gist Ralph Winter was the Age of the Barbarians....
- Jul 31
- 4 min
How To Handle Missions History, Part Three
There are lots of different ways to tackle missions history. Volumes both can and have been written on it. Instead, I’m going to hit the...
- Jul 24
- 5 min
How to Handle Missions History, Part Two
In the opening post of this series we briefly established that Matthew 24:4-14 provides a simple framework for understanding missions...
- Jul 10
- 2 min
How to Handle Missions History, Part One
The Via Dolarosa is the presumed route that Jesus took as he carried his cross. Forget food, I was devouring the streets. I was...
- Jul 3
- 12 min
Writing a Contextualized Gospel Story
One of the most important skills for thinking and acting like a missionary (or training others to do so) is contextualization. In fact,...
- Jun 27
- 14 min
How to Write a Sending Benediction
Liturgy usually gets a bad rap. For many Christians it is associated with empty religiosity, a form of insincere prayer. However, in...
- Jun 12
- 4 min
The Sent One Defined: A Healthy Posture Toward the Local Church, Part Two
Let’s be realistic. There are some legitimate reasons that missionaries struggle to have deep, abiding relationships with local churches....
- Jun 5
- 4 min
What Global Terrorism Means for the Sending Church
Thursday, January 6, 2015 Two gunmen enter the office of Charlie Hebdo, a satirical magazine in Paris, France, killing twelve people...
- May 29
- 4 min
The Sent One Defined: A Healthy Posture Toward the Local Church, Part One
If we love Christ, then we will love his bride. This is the legacy of the man whom Jesus himself said there was none greater: John the...
- May 15
- 5 min
Then They Spit in His Face: A Good Friday Reflection
A young Christian in East Africa was walking home from the countryside where he was sharing the gospel with his family. Suddenly he was...
- May 8
- 4 min
Jesus of the Scars: A Good Friday Reflection
Scars are an interesting thing, aren’t they? We all have them. Most of them are hidden; many of them are invisible. Whether they come...
- May 1
- 4 min
Become a Sending Parent
On Sunday, I’ll be handing out arrows. Two sets of parents will come forward. They’ll stand before the church holding newborns. I’ll say...
- Dec 19, 2022
- 4 min
Make Your Church a Harbor for Returning Missionaries
Paul Bäumer was a ghost when he left the trenches of World War I. Returning to his family and town, which had changed little, he was...
- Nov 14, 2022
- 3 min
Why Every Church Member Needs Glasses: Fostering a Missional Lens
I started wearing glasses in the fourth grade. The optometrist whispered to my mom, “He’s nearsighted in one eye, farsighted in the...
- Nov 7, 2022
- 4 min
So You Wanna Be a Missionary—Who Are You Discipling?
I love the enthusiasm I encounter among aspiring missionaries. It drips from them like water from your hands when there are no paper...
- Oct 31, 2022
- 2 min
A Liturgy When a Loved One is Ailing Back Home
Father, when first I set sail on this life in another land, I believed your promise, that for every house brother sister father mother...
- Oct 17, 2022
- 4 min
The Collective Sending Potential of Smaller Churches
Luke Holmes (@lukeholmes) is the pastor of First Baptist Church of Tishomingo, Oklahoma. Never heard of it? No surprise. Neither had...
- Oct 11, 2022
- 3 min
How Missions Convictions Decrease Decision Fatigue
In this article I want to convince you of two things: that missions decisions can exhaust you, and that missions convictions can refresh...
- Oct 3, 2022
- 5 min
Why Christians Are More Than Just Senders or Goers
Over the past decade, John Piper’s categorical way of thinking about missions and the local church has invigorated countless people....
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