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Footings for Children is a curriculum for those who teach children in after-school clubs, Sunday schools, camps, and even home devotionals. It is designed to be adapted and applied in any cultural context, including settings where teaching aids and tools are limited.
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Category Archives: Church
HOW DO WE MEASURE the Great Commission?
We don’t all measure the Great Commission the same way … and the differences aren’t trivial. I’m a big fan of John Piper and have been helped tremendously by his teaching. However, he recently wrote a paper, How Much is Left … Continue reading
Posted in Church, Discipleship, Evangelism, Great Commission, Mission
Tagged Christ, Discipleship, Great Commission, nations
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Back to the Future: Renewal Awaits A Return to First Principles
Sometimes renewal comes by backing up. The most successful movie of 1985 was Steven Spielberg’s Back To The Future. The science fiction adventure comedy film reminded us that there are times when you have to move back to go forward. … Continue reading
Coram Deo: the “Big Idea” of the Christian Life
The DNA exists to serve the church, helping her rise to her full potential in blessing, healing and restoring broken nations. The mission is in response to a real and tragic problem. Far too often, churches are having little positive … Continue reading
What’s LOVE Got to Do with Immigration?
How should love change the way we participate in today’s immigration debate? A big piece of the answer was posted recently at The Gospel Coalition by DNA board member, Tyler Johnson. Tyler is the lead pastor of Redemption Church, a … Continue reading
The BERLIN WALL and the Unlikely Power of A Monday Church
On November 9th, 1989 the Berlin Wall was breached, its first sections sundered by freedom-longing East Germans. With the rest of the world, I watched in rapt attention. Like many, I had prayed for this moment, that the people of … Continue reading
Posted in Church, Culture, Freedom, History
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Tim Keller, Young Leaders, and the Mission of the Church
A vigorous conversation is happening today around the question, “What is the mission of the church?” A few weeks ago, Tim Keller addressed the topic in this blog post on the Redeemer City to City website. In the article Keller … Continue reading
“Fighting for Our Daughters” – Only Dangerous Christians Need Apply
In August, I wrote about visiting a city church movement in Toowoomba, Australia. One of the leaders I met is Letitia Shelton, founder of City Women, the church’s response to the plight of females in Toowoomba. Letitia has written a book, Fighting for Our … Continue reading
Restoring the Breach: A Conversation Between Practitioners in Africa
Too often, a truncated gospel message has accompanied our outreach efforts. As Scott Allen has written elsewhere, an artificial division between personal faith and daily life leaves a fragmented Christianity, full of gaps. The effects are perhaps nowhere more obvious than … Continue reading
Halftime & No-huddle Offense: Two Football Metaphors for Today’s Church
A few years ago, I was privileged to worship with Dee and Allen Robbins at their church, Solid Rock Ministries, in Kona, Hawaii. I will never forget their Harley-riding pastor, James “Tex” Texeira. During his sermon, Tex asked the congregation … Continue reading
Posted in Church, Discipleship, Great Commission, Kingdom, Vocation, Worldview
Tagged Christianity, Church, Doggie Head Tilt, football, halftime, Kona, no huddle, Solid Rock Ministries, Vocation, work
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A Child’s Imagination: Seedbed for Good or for Ill, Truth or Lies, Life or Death
Dr. Elizabeth Youmans, president and CEO of Chrysalis International and one of DNA’s ideas shapers, travels the world in her efforts to help churches effectively disciple children and youth. We are happy to offer the following excerpt from Dr. Youmans’s recent newsletter. … Continue reading
