Tag Archives: missional

Youth Ministry as Mission

Posted on July 4, 2022 by carlsimmonslive

Making the obvious connections we tend to overlook (or treat superficially) between two types of ministry . . . . Brian Hull and Patrick Mays. Youth Ministry as Mission: A Conversation About Theology and Culture. 272p., $20.99, Kregel Ministry. The … Continue reading →

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The Qur’an and the Christian

Posted on May 9, 2022 by carlsimmonslive

Understanding the other “people of the Book,” while also understanding where those books—and even more importantly, their beliefs about Jesus—diverge. . . . Matthew Bennett. The Qur’an and the Christian: An In-Depth Look at Islam for Followers of Jesus. 256p., … Continue reading →

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Pick Up Your Cross          

Posted on December 2, 2019 by carlsimmonslive

Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake … Continue reading →

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A Leadership Skeleton Worth Putting Flesh On

Posted on April 27, 2015 by carlsimmonslive

There’s a lot of concepts and practical ideas packed into this comparatively slender book—so much so that I wish it’d been noticeable thicker so that it all could have been unpacked more. Nonetheless, and especially for those who aren’t big-time readers, … Continue reading →

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Making Grace Irresistible to the World

Posted on August 1, 2013 by carlsimmonslive

Don’t let the seeming exclusivity in the title hold you back—this is the first of hopefully many books to be published by the World Reformed Fellowship, after all. For that matter, don’t let my past kvetchings about that other term … Continue reading →

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Do, Because You Are

Posted on July 15, 2013 by carlsimmonslive

Consider this a kinder, gentler version of past ruminations on this subject…. as well as (in the case of the next paragraph) a leveraging of one small reworking within Lay It Down: the book (in hopeful anticipation of official publication … Continue reading →

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Going OUT and Making Disciples

Posted on February 26, 2013 by carlsimmonslive

Confession time: I’ve always—OK, for the past eight years, anyway—had a decided aversion to the term “missional.” I’ve never objected to what it actually means (or should mean), but I’ve also never quite understood why living out the Great Commission … Continue reading →

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