Tag: church planting

• Is Faith in the West Dead?

  

  One day I’m sitting on a sky train in a major bustling city sipping Starbucks frappuccino while the next I’m sitting in a thatched hut in a jungle eating a rare and newly discovered species of squirrel.  In both places I get to live life with people who are lost and people who are found.…

  The Asian Rough Rider

  September 30, 2013

  Strategy & Church

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• Suffering – The Key to Church Movements

  

  Every week I pray that our friends do not get arrested for telling others about Jesus. Whenever I travel I ask God for wisdom each time I am questioned by the police. When I sit down with local leaders and church planters the types of problems we face are: -Who is being followed? -How do…

  The Asian Rough Rider

  September 9, 2013

  Strategy & Church

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• Obeying vs Knowing

  

  I spoon feed my 11-month old son in front of the T.V.  His eyes are fixated on Baby Einstein and his mouth is wide open. It’s probably not the most stimulating way of doing it but it works well. He gets stuffed and there’s no mess to clean up. Sadly, this is an accurate picture…

  The Asian Rough Rider

  August 12, 2013

  Strategy & Church

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• Dirty Feet

  

  Sometimes the greatest feeling in the world is having mud in between your toes. Why? It’s because you know you’re taking it like a man and getting dirty is not going to stop you. You understand the risks of riding a motorbike through a jungle in a third world country. You know the rainy season…

  The Asian Rough Rider

  May 29, 2013

  Missional Living

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• Church Sucks

  

  It’s safe to say that more than half the people on this planet feel that church sucks. They see it as an institution – one that is intolerant, irrelevant, hypocritical and completely out of touch with culture. It’s also safe to say that the other half of this planet have no official opinion of church because they’ve never formulated…

  The Asian Rough Rider

  April 10, 2013

  Strategy & Church

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