“Cheap grace is the mortal enemy of our church. Our stuggle today is for costly grace.” p. 43 Reading this revised new edition of Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s work ,Disicipleship is whipping up a meaningful mess and putting back into place the beautiful marriage of grace and obedience. “Cheap grace is preaching forgiveness without repentance; it is…
Leadership … Revisited
Thanks Winn for passing on these insights from the Missonal Church Forum Here’s his notes in bold: Alan (ROXBURGH) Leadership is not a person with a plan or vision for the future, a leader is one who forms environments in which the people of God, among whom the Spirit resides, can get in dialogue with…
Mooncake Party!
I’m looking forward for this! I miss the good old “Tang-Lung” (Lantern) walk …
Emergent – M’sia … baby steps
It’s been encouraging so far … slowly but surely some Malaysians who have shown interest in the past (on a personal basis) as well as new people whom I’ve never met (thanks for the emails!) are all “curious” of what the conversation is all about and would like to join the conversation on “What does…
Generous Orthodoxy (a sample)
Thanks Jonny Baker for a sample chapter (pdf) of Brian Maclaren’s new book A Generous Orthodoxy I think I can use this to start off some reactions and reflections for http://agenerousorthodoxy.blogspot.com/ before the book arrives 🙂
Following Jesus … Revisited
I couldn’t resist the nudge to pick up this book yesterday. Being someone who wants to communicate the “grace” of God in the Gospel, I realize it’s a delicate task to share the demands of genuine discipleship without turning it into some form of “legalism”. Dietrich Bonhoeffer (for another good site check out Bonhoeffer’s Cell)…
Bono … making news!
Thanks Movable Theoblogical for this link. Here’s some gems that hit me at first glance:
The Complex Christ
I can’t recall where I got the link (but thanks anyway!) I’ve read some of the free downloads and found them helpful to sharpen my own thinking on these matters. Here’s a quote to help get a gist of what’s in the book … “…what if the Church faced up to its fears, stepped down…
Random Thoughts while under “medication”
Don’t worry … it’s just a combo-mix of flu, fever, cough and whatever that comes with it. Hope to spring back into good health the next two days! I was really encouraged to read from two visitors to our church worship gathering how the time spent together on Sunday was indeed a blessed one! And…
The call to serve …
Yesterday was designated Pastor’s Sunday by my church denomination the Lutheran Church in Malaysia. And Bangsar Lutheran Church was so kind to actually celebrate it! (I was inspired to have a special Council members’ Sunday in response… hmmm ….) Messy Christian captured our worship gathering pretty well in her post Nice day at church and…