vision clarity

In 2 Timothy 4:5, Paul challenges Timothy, “As for you, always be sober-minded, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.”  In his book The Measure of Our Success, Shawn Lovejoy writes of this passage: After studying this passage of Scripture in six different translations and in the original language, do you…

We started this series (which I think has gone about two installments too long) (don’t you agree?) by talking about Prego’s attempt in the 1980’s to find the perfect tasting spaghetti sauce. After much research they discovered that the answer was: It depends. There’s not one right way to make sauce, the best taste depends…

In this series I’ve been arguing against being a balanced church and for what we at Auxano call a “Kingdom Concept”. The idea that churches have a unique design from God, and though every same church has the same basic mission and should engage in all the functions of the church, that unique design will…

I’ve been doing a little series on what Will Mancini calls a church’s “Kingdom Concept.” It’s a church’s “great permission” within the “great commission.” The idea being that every church has the same mission, but within that mission each individual church has an area of focused strength and impressive effectiveness. Whether we like it or…

Last time I considered the idea that churches may have a unique design and therefore a unique role they’re to play in God’s redemptive plan. This flies in the face of the teaching that the church has five purposes, and that each church should strive for balance in carrying them out. But, as I stated,…