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How the GCM vision differs from things that look similar

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This clip explains how our vision in Total Church and The Crowded House is different from some approaches that look similar. While not wanting to exaggerate the differences, I try to explain how our vision contrasts with that of reconstructionists who try to reproduce exactly what was...

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Tags: gcm collective, gospel, missional church, gospel communities, missional communities, church planting, reconstructionists, reconstructionism

Closing the Window on Porn

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My book on pomography is to be published by Inter-Varsity Press in November 2010. The title will be Closing the Window: Steps to Living Porn Free (the UK title is Captured By A Better Vision). Here's what Inter-Varsity say about it ... Pomography is everywhere. Far too many Christians...

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Tags: pornography, pastoral care, men, sexuality, masturbation, community life, community care

GCM Conference in October 2010

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The GCM Collective will be hosting their first GCM Conference in Austin, TX this October, bringing together church planters, pastors, and leaders to collaborate on the practice of missional communities. This three-day conference will feature main and breakout sessions under the theme of...

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Tags: gcm collective, missional church, church planting, conference

How to tell whether you are called to your comfortable neighbourhood

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More quotes from Francis Chan’s The Forgotten God: Reversing Our Tragic Neglect of the Holy Spirit, David C. Cook, 2009. Available here from amazon.com and amazon.co.uk. “A lot of people in my church and in my travels tell me, “I believe that God has called me to Simi...

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Tags: holy spirit, review, spirit, francis chan

The soul of the body of Christ

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More quotes from Francis Chan’s The Forgotten God: Reversing Our Tragic Neglect of the Holy Spirit, David C. Cook, 2009. Available here from amazon.com and amazon.co.uk. St. Augustine: “What the soul is in our body, the Holy Spirit is in the body of Christ, which is the...

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Tags: holy spirit, review, spirit, francis chan, soul, body of christ, church

Living life out of your control

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More quotes from Francis Chan’s The Forgotten God: Reversing Our Tragic Neglect of the Holy Spirit, David C. Cook, 2009. Available here from amazon.com and amazon.co.uk. “I don’t want my life to be explainable without the Holy Spirit. “I don’t believe God wants...

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Tags: holy spirit, review, spirit, francis chan, control

Forget about God’s will for your life

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More quotes from Francis Chan’s The Forgotten God: Reversing Our Tragic Neglect of the Holy Spirit, David C. Cook, 2009. Available here from amazon.com and amazon.co.uk. “I think a lot of us need to forget about God’s will for my life. God cares more about our response to...

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Obstacles to intimacy with God

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More quotes from Francis Chan’s The Forgotten God: Reversing Our Tragic Neglect of the Holy Spirit, David C. Cook, 2009. Available here from amazon.com and amazon.co.uk. “It’s breathtaking to picture Almighty God saying, ‘I know Francis Chan. He’s my son. I love...

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Grieving the Holy Spirit

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More quotes from Francis Chan’s The Forgotten God: Reversing Our Tragic Neglect of the Holy Spirit, David C. Cook, 2009. Available here from amazon.com and amazon.co.uk. St Basil the Great: “What does the Spirit do? His works are ineffable in majesty and innumerable in...

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Francis Chan on The Forgotten God

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A review of Francis Chan, The Forgotten God: Reversing Our Tragic Neglect of the Holy Spirit, David C. Cook, 2009. Available here from Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk I love this book. I suspect that for most readers of this blog it will not add much that you did not already know (and, to be...

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