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Sep 3, 2009 Posted by Anthony

Notes on Leadership Journal, Part 4- Change

Let’s be clear on one thing: The message of Jesus NEVER changes. However, the methods in which we reach the lost for Christ must. Culture always changes. New cultures always emerge. Old ways of doing things always die out. Christianity has always made attempts to keep their message the same, while changing their methods in order to keep up with culture and to reach it. Sometimes this is done with great... read more
Sep 2, 2009 Posted by Anthony

Notes on Leadership Journal, Part 3- An Inconvenient Truth

Salem, Oregon metro area: The horrible truth is that we live in a community of over 380,000 people and that an astronomical percentage of those people don’t have a real relationship with a real God who sent His real Son to die a real death so that people could experience a real salvation. And those people will suffer for eternity apart from God in a real... read more
Sep 1, 2009 Posted by Anthony

Notes from Leadership Journal, Part 2- Keepers of the Tank

Sadly, the Church has become consumed with being ‘Keepers of the Fish Tank’, rather than being FISHERS of men! We become so inward focused, that it’s hard to know what to do when someone new wanders into the tank. We’ve created our own sub-culture in the tank that the new fish we are trying to catch cannot relate to. While the early Christian Church adopted cultural practices of the ancient Roman... read more
Aug 31, 2009 Posted by Anthony

Notes from Leadership Journal, Part 1- Mission

Here is an exerpt from the Leadership Journal I wrote that I will be speaking from this Saturday at our church’s Leadership Day. It is on the Mission of the Church. Our mission as a church must define- in a broad sense-why we exist. We, as Christians, believe that God has commanded us to take part in an extraordinary mission with Him on earth. God by no means needs us to complete this mission, but He... read more
Aug 30, 2009 Posted by Anthony

So Busy!!!!!

I have been SO busy lately and I am a little overwhelmed! Ok, so a lot overwhelmed! Needless to say; I haven’t blogged at all lately and I am feeling a little guilty about it! First I went to a youth camp for 5 days to be a counselor and to speak. Then I came back for about one day to paint my parents deck. Then I went to Seattle for about 5 days to visit my brother-in-law. And now I am working LIKE... read more
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