Building Bridges Between Hispanics and Anglos

When you’re a first-generation Latino immigrant, you have one major objective—self-preservation. That’s where the storefront churches in our cities arise. It’s about cultural affirmation. I want my local church to be an extension of El Salvador or Mexico or Guatemala—a micro-presentation of the native country.
Second generation says I am Latino but I’m American, and I want my Christianity to be both Latino and American. So I want my services to be both in English and Spanish.
By the third generation there is integration. We continue to call ourselves Latino, but it’s definitely all English. You may not even speak one word of Spanish.

Modes of Mission: A Missional Posture

With regard to the sentness of the disciples, Köstenberger notes that the references to Jesus’ mission “are arguably recorded with a view toward the sending of the disciples” (1998, 108). Thus, if Jesus was sent by the Father to be the incarnational presence of God radiating his glory to the degree that God brought healing and salvation to people, then this describes the essence of the disciples sentness. They, too, are sent to be the incarnational representation of God so that God may reflect his presence and glory through their lives—through both sharing and showing the gospel—and in doing so bring salvation and healing to the nations. Since God is a sending God, sentness simply means we respond to his nature by living sent lives.

A Plea for Poets, Plumbers, Philosophers, and Physicians

There’s a famous story about William Tyndale who was accosted by a priest for his beliefs rooted in the Scripture. Tyndale said to the priest, “If God spare my life, before very long I shall cause a plough boy to know the Scriptures better than you do!”
Notice that he did not say that he would make the plough boy a pastor. He did not say that he was going to send the plough boy to the mission field. He was going to train the plough boy in the Scriptures and he would continue to be a plough boy.

Christianity, the World’s Most Falsifiable Religion

This is why you don’t have religions based on historic events. They are all, with the exception of Christianity, based on private encounters which cannot be falsified or subjective ideas which are beyond inquiry. The amazing thing about Christianity is that there is so much historic data to be tested. Christianity is, by far, the most falsifiable worldview there is. Yet, despite this, Christianity flourished in the first century among the very people who could test its claims. And even today, it calls on us to “come and see” if the claims are true.

22 Ideas to Help Your Children Study And Love the Bible

For the last few years, I’ve been gathering the ideas we’ve found helpful for nurturing our children’s interest and skill in reading the Bible. My children don’t yet read the Bible voraciously, and I’m still asking God for wisdom, but perhaps some of our approaches may encourage you to try some new ideas with your own family.

Presentation Design Tips From “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up”

If you’re just going through the motions as you create your presentations you are destined to create presentations that do not spark joy for you or the audience. Instead of creating presentations on autopilot, take a step back, slow down, and be intentional about your presentation – that is how you will find the magic of your presentation.