The Sunday church gathers; the Monday church gathers and scatters. The Monday church gathers on Sunday for corporate worship and equipping. On Monday she consciously scatters to be the church in the world, to love, serve, and work-worship as her members engage in their vocational calling. The Sunday church is
Ever heard of the Monday church? Most Christians believe church is where we go on Sunday to worship with friends and hear a sermon or homily. The church is a building where we do “spiritual” things. “I’m going to church on Sunday.” But nowhere does the New Testament speak of
Did you know God designed your life to count for His glory every day? Not just on Sunday? Did you know God intends for your daily work to be for the service of man, the blessing of the nations, and the glory of God? These are some of the foundational precepts in a
We’ve written here about Clapham more than once. Now I’m happy to highlight a movement that is bringing a Clapham influence to today’s world. At the recent Chuck Colson Center’s Wilberforce Weekend, we were introduced to a number of ministries connected to the larger world of the Colson Center. One in particular echoes
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 Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union might live in freedom.
I’ve often said that if the church does not disciple the nation the nation will disciple the church. In his thought-provoking paper, “A Church Without A View: Jonathan Edwards and Our Current Lifeview Discipleship Crisis,” theologian and pastor David Scott demonstrates how that has happened. He laments the absence of
A Christian farmer—Chris, and an atheist farmer—Carl, were neighbors. They both worked long days, but on Sunday Chris went to church and did no work in the field. Carl worked most Sundays, especially when the weather threatened. In the spring he plowed on Sunday if Monday’s forecast called for rain.
Recently, Richard Smith in Argentina published a “sympathetic critique” of Darrow’s book Discipling Nations. He raised issues about Disciple Nations Alliance teaching that have been noted by others from time to time. We published, in six parts, Richard’s critique and Darrow’s response. In this follow-up post we bring you Richard’s response to Darrow, and
In celebration of World Down Syndrome Day we are adding this extra post this week. The 2018 Gerber (Down Syndrome) Baby proves that a Christian could be an account executive in an advertising company! The church today has been emasculated by SDS – the Sacred Secular Divide. And young people
Labor Day is the perfect occasion to acquaint our readers with a new offering from our friend, educator and writer Christian Overman. We spend a huge chunk of our waking hours working. That’s what Labor Day is all about, right? But many of us fail to see how our work
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