Tag: western church

• 10 Reasons Why Mission Matters in a Post Missional World

  

  Last week I was with persecuted Christians. A young mother was taken away in handcuffs and placed in leg shackles and put in a dingy wooden village jail, treated like a common criminal. Her only crime…refusing to sign a paper that would effectively deny her faith in Jesus. This week I’m with privileged Christians. After…

  The Asian Rough Rider

  June 1, 2017

  Missional Living, Strategy & Church

  1040 window, activism, cross-cultural, Discipleship, Generation Y, Generation Z, Giving, Global Missions, globalization, God’s glory, Gospel, Millennials, missiology, mission, Missional Living, missionary, Persection, prayer, Priviledge, social justice, Third Word Country, Unreached People Groups, western church, western traditions

• Die to Swag and Live for Suffering

  

  We want it all and we want it now. As a culture, we in the West are enslaved by a near-worship of comfort and convenience. I seriously just saw this app that digitally enhances your photos to make your face and body look slimmer. You can post your weight loss photos on Facebook and get…

  The Asian Rough Rider

  February 28, 2015

  Missional Living, Strategy & Church

  Abortion, Apple, Christianity, church, consumerism, culture, Discipleship, Discomfort, Faith, Global Missions, Gospel, jesus, Kingdom of God, McDonalds, Risk, suffering, western church

• 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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• Osama Bin Laden and Church Multiplication Movements

  

  One day we Americans turn on the television to find out that Osama Bin Laden is dead. The U.S. President announces that the most wanted terrorist in the world has been double-tapped by a team of highly skilled Navy Seals during a secret raid. That’s so freakin awesome but how did this happen? For more…

  The Asian Rough Rider

  February 26, 2014

  Missional Living, Strategy & Church

  Christians, church, church multiplication movement, church planter, church planting, church planting movement, CPM, Discipleship, double-tap, equipping, Faith, God, harvest, Holy Spirit, jesus, Kingdom of God, Mark 4:26-29, Missional, Missions, mobile, movement, mustard seed, nations, Navy Seals, Obama, obedience, Osama Bin Laden, parable, people groups, Risk, Seal Team 6, seed, T4T, television, terror, Terrorist, Training for Trainers, U.S. Government, U.S. President, U.S.A., vision, War on Terror, western church

• Radical Faith is BS

  

  I love David Platt’s book, Radical. It’s taken the western church by storm and I resonate with anything that upsets the status quo – but the title can be a little misleading. There is no such thing as “radically” following Jesus. It’s only radical because we Christians are content with a surface level faith. Jesus…

  The Asian Rough Rider

  January 24, 2014

  Missional Living

  BS, bullshit, Christians, church, commitment, David Platt, death, dreams, Ends of the Earth, Faith, follow Jesus, Glory, God, Gospel, growth, jesus, master, mission, Missional, namesake, normal faith, obedience, radical faith, redemption, Sacrifice, status quo, suffering, western church, worthy