Category Archives: Missional

Why fights on atonement theory

Posted on July 3, 2009 by PaulVK

This is from a discussion on CRC-Voices related to an excellent piece on 4 theories of atonement that people often set to oppose each other. To use some contemporary language, Anselm was working to be missional, as is John Piper … Continue reading →

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How the American Experience enabled the development of World Christianity

Posted on June 17, 2009 by PaulVK

Mark Noll’s recent book “The New Shape of World Christianity” is a “must read” for anyone doing North American urban missiology where increasingly the urban church context is impacted by what is happening throughout the world. The thesis of this … Continue reading →

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Unity of Sanctification and Justification in Preaching

Posted on June 16, 2009 by PaulVK

This is a repost from October 2008 Again, a lot of this stuff I have picked up from Tim Keller and worked it over in my head. I’ve done so much Keller stuff I actually got a letter at church … Continue reading →

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Outline of Keller's Sermon on Cultural Renewal

Posted on June 4, 2009 by PaulVK

This sermon was given in October of 2005 as part of Redeemer’s Vision series. The recordings were free on the web for a long time but now only some of them are available free. The remainder can be purchased at … Continue reading →

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Hear the Lion, See the Lamb

Posted on May 29, 2009 by PaulVK

Found this in doing my Revelation study with our Adult Sunday School class at Living Stones. There are a lot of parallels between Revelation chapter 5 and chapter 7. One of the coolest is hearing and seeing. In chapter 5 … Continue reading →

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Jeremiah 29 as the beginning of New Testament Missiology

Posted on May 27, 2009 by PaulVK

Repost from August 29, 2006 Most of us are familiar with the flow change of redemption from the Old Testament to the New. In the Old Testament the nations are drawn to the “model” of Israel living out kingdom of … Continue reading →

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The re-evaluation of guilt as the necessary path to experience one's deliverance

Posted on May 14, 2009 by PaulVK

I read this piece entitled Reformed-Masochism a few days ago and a conversation with a colleague reminded me of it. The article essentially notes that in his experience of Reformed communities a sermon, lesson, or presentation was evaluated based on … Continue reading →

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Augustine, Wisdom, Cultural assumptions of the efficacy of Christ

Posted on April 23, 2009 by PaulVK

repost March 18, 2009 I’m still mulling over the Andrew Sullivan piece. That piece reveals a serious slippage in terms of a cultural understanding of what “the gospel” is for. Dr. Wilson will plead with Dr. House to leave the … Continue reading →

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