Tag: pcusa

• Are there really two marriages? (Part Two)

  

  In his brief anthology of blog posts entitled, There are Two Marriages: A Manifesto on Marriage (2011), Tony Jones argues that the church ought to seek the strict separation of what he calls “legal marriage” and “sacramental marriage.” A result of this change would be the removal of much of the church’s resistance to same sex marriage.

  Jeff Gissing

  July 25, 2013

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• The Celtic Way of Evangelism – A Review

  

  George G. Hunter, III. The Celtic Way of Evangelism: How Christianity Can Reach the West…Again. 10th rev. ed. (Nashville: Abingdon, 2010). 130pp. A single question is central to the mission of the local congregation: how can we translate the gospel message for our context? The answer to this question will have implications for every part […]

  Jeff Gissing

  April 10, 2013

  Campus Ministry, Culture, Discipleship, Evangelicalism, Fellowship of Presbyterians, gospel & culture, Jesus, Ministry, missional theology, Practical Theology, reformed spirituality, Society, Theology and Philosophy, Uncategorized, Vocation

  church, evangelism, fellowship of presbyterians, gospel and culture, mission, pcusa

• Why bother with Easter?

  

  I have one reason alone: by myself, and in myself, I am not strong enough to ensure that the kingdom vision of the gospel remains the most formative truth in my life. I’m dead serious about this–I can’t do it. I need help and that help must come not simply from friends but from Christian sisters and brothers, and it must come from them in the context of a worshipping community who have chosen to intentionally order their (our) lives around the story of God.

  Jeff Gissing

  March 29, 2013

  gospel & culture, Uncategorized

  church, discipleship, easter, fail, formation, missional, pcusa, worship

• Four ways churches manage the tension of gospel and culture

  

  Evangelicals are learning to face some new realities about the gospel’s encounter with contemporary culture. The church exists for the purpose of proclaiming the truth of the Christian gospel–that reconciliation with God is possible through Christ. As God’s missional community, we are to embody that truth we pursue the various callings God has given to us (father, mother, husband, wife, etc). We are also to verbally communicate that message as God gives us opportunity to do so through organic, authentic, respectful conversation. As a result we live with a tension in deciding which parts of our message and faith are culturally-conditioned.

  Jeff Gissing

  March 27, 2013

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• [Missional Monday 5] Missional is urgent and lean

  

  Christians (and churches) make the missional shift when they come to realize that not only is the mission of God their mission, but that the ways in which we’ve pursued that mission in the past are no longer effective.

  Jeff Gissing

  March 25, 2013

  missional theology, PCUSA, Uncategorized

  church, Leadership, missional, pcusa, theology