This is part 3 of Jonathan Akin’s response to the recent post by Eric Hankins called “Jason Allen and The Gospel Project.” Part 1 of Jon’s response can be viewed here & Part 2 here. Jon’s first two points are: Christ-centered interpretation was the method of Jesus and the Apostles Christ-centered interpretation takes into account the dual authorship of the Bible and treats it as …
A Defense of Christ-Centered Exposition: A Friendly Response to Eric Hankins (Part 2)
This is part 2 of Jonathan Akin’s response to the recent post by Eric Hankins called “Jason Allen and The Gospel Project.” Part 1 of Jon’s response can be viewed here. Jon’s first point in his response is: Christ-centered interpretation was the method of Jesus and the Apostles Part 2: Christ-centered interpretation takes into account the dual authorship of the Bible …
A Defense of Christ-Centered Exposition: A Friendly Response to Eric Hankins (Part 1)
I am wholeheartedly committed to the Christ-centered exposition of the entire Bible, primarily because of biblical reasons (see below). But, as a pastor, I also have practical reasons for preaching an explicitly Christ-centered message every week. I remember preaching a message from Proverbs on the use of the tongue (in a gospel-centered way but not as explicit as it should …
Creature of the Word Giveaway
Matt Chandler (Explicit Gospel), Josh Patterson and Eric Geiger (Simple Church) just released a new book this month with B&H Publishing called Creature of the Word. The book looks at the scripture-based beauty of a church that makes everything they do about Jesus and outlines practical steps that church leaders can take to help form a gospel-centered ministry. On Tuesday, Oct. 23rd, Chandler, …
The Mission: Our City for The City (Part 2)
This is a guest blog from Jamus Edwards, Pastor of Pleasant Valley Community Church. Posted on behalf of the International Mission Board. You can read Part 1 of this post here. . . . . . It then struck us that the goal in reaching our city should actually be, in turn, to reach all cities so that someday the final city …
The Mission: Our City for The City (Part 1)
This is a guest blog from Jamus Edwards, Pastor of Pleasant Valley Community Church. Posted on behalf of the International Mission Board. When we replanted Pleasant Valley Community Church (PVCC) in 2006, we hardly knew anything. However, the one thing that we knew with certainty was that we wanted to see people come to know Jesus. From personal gospel conversations over …
40/40 Prayer Vigil for Spiritual Revival and National Renewal
“First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for everyone, for kings and all those who are in authority, so that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and dignity. This is good, and it pleases God our Savior, who wants everyone to be saved and come to the knowledge of …
13 Lessons From Year One at Imago Dei Church (Part 3)
The article was written by Tony Merida, Nate Akin, and Matt Sigmon from Imago Dei Church in Raleigh, North Carolina. Part 1 can be viewed here & Part 2 here. 9. Expect Support from Unlikely Partners Many church planters expect to get funding from mega churches, big time individual givers and large missions funding organizations (i.e. NAMB), and that may very well …
13 Lessons From Year One at Imago Dei Church (Part 2)
The article was written by Tony Merida, Nate Akin, and Matt Sigmon from Imago Dei Church in Raleigh, North Carolina. Part 1 can be viewed here. 5. Plant the Church You’ve Always Wanted to Go to This is the sagely advice of Larry Osborne. It might sound self-serving, but it’s not intended to be. Larry says, and we agree, that …
13 Lessons From Year One at Imago Dei Church (Part 1)
The article was written by Tony Merida, Nate Akin, and Matt Sigmon from Imago Dei Church in Raleigh, North Carolina. Thirteen Lessons from Year One of Imago Dei Church We launched our first public worship service on September 11, 2011. Since that time, we’ve learned many important lessons. We want to share them with you in hopes that they may …