Tag: East

• Training Trainers: A New Paradigm for Discipleship

  

  No one likes to be told they are doing something wrong, especially leaders, pastors and church planters. We’ve devoted our lives to growing the Church but have we been doing it all wrong? I hate it when I’m wrong. My pride always says that I am right. But my pride can’t argue with results. The…

  The Asian Rough Rider

  May 9, 2014

  Missional Living, Strategy & Church

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• 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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• The Girl with Evil Spirits

  

  Not long ago I was sitting in a thatched hut praying over a sixteen year old girl who was afflicted by demons. For more than 6 months she was bed-ridden and couldn’t walk. She is the only believer in her entire Animistic tribe. Her family has allowed her to “test” Jesus because nothing else worked…

  The Asian Rough Rider

  August 27, 2013

  Asian Faith

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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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• The Fear of Bombs and Demons

  

  Fear is the same the world over.  Its manifestations though are quite diverse. Here in the West we fear the loss of control. Chaos is a threat to our security and stability.  Without control our way of life is in danger.  Our children are in danger, our investments are in danger, our houses are in…

  The Asian Rough Rider

  April 30, 2013

  Asian Faith

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