Month: February 2010

In the last post, we saw that we are composed of three parts–body, soul and spirit. Each of the three parts of us is not independent of the others.  For example, most of us have experienced times when we get physically sick.  Sometimes this causes us to feel emotionally depressed.  This is the body impacting… Read More

Many believers are under the mistaken idea that when it says, “God spoke” or “the Holy Spirit said” that the people heard an audible voice.  But if you ask people who clearly hear Him on a regular basis, they will tell you this is not the case. Let’s take a look at how humans function… Read More

tweetmeme_style = 'compact'; http://www.simplychurch.com/2010/02/how-did-jesus-hear-god-speak.html.html It is notable that Jesus did not begin His earthly ministry until the Holy Spirit had come upon Him at His baptism.  From that point onwards, the Holy Spirit led Him.  Philippians 2:7, 8 says “When the time came, he set aside the privileges of deity and took on the status… Read More

Everything that we know about God teaches us that He desires to communicate with us.  It is a part of His very character.  Romans 1 tells us that God speaks to us even through the magnificence of His creation.   John 1:1 describes Jesus as the Word:  In the beginning was the Word and the… Read More

One of the main paradigm shifts within this movement of simple churches is the belief that ordinary men and women hear God.  They can be entrusted with the affairs of the Kingdom.  It does not need specially trained people to manage the church.  The Holy Spirit is able to run the church by speaking directly… Read More

A few days ago I posed this question on facebook.  "What does the infrastructure of a starfish look like.  Neil Cole was one of those who replied.  His comment: "Self-building and self-replicating, internal and decentralized." If we apply these principles to anything we try to put in place in terms of infrastructure, we won't go… Read More

  While we were in India, several times the main leader we work with there (who has seen hundreds of thousands of people baptized this year in his network), mentioned that the key to the growth they have seen was the building of infrastructure before they needed it.  Since then, Tony and I have spent… Read More

Photograph by Scott Wade I just had the privilege of attending the Verge conference here in Austin.  (Tony and I shared at one of the workshops.)  There were more than 2,000 who had signed up for the conference and maybe double that number watching live-streaming video. I was on the social media team and it… Read More

Here are my notes on what Francis Chan said at Verge this evening: Exod 33:15 Moses said to God, “If your presence will not go with me we will not go up from here.”  Do we want the presence of God more than anything?  More than a big church?  More than speaking in front of… Read More