This morning on Google+ I linked to a different post on this blog. In a comment, a coworker mentioned this post about the journey people must take when transitioning to simple church. The journey from legacy church to simple/organic/house church There is a “Death Valley” that people often must pass through on the journey. In [...]
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The Language of Christianity
After a week of camp with mostly non-Christian students… I’m more aware than usual of the fact that modern evangelical speech is for “insiders”. My neighbor Andy always asks great questions… he’s a true learner. After his first week of camp a few years ago, he says to me: What does it mean to [...]
2 Comments Scott Pagel on Aug 8th 2011
More good reflections on John Stott’s influence on Christianity and Evangelical Christianity. Nicholas D. Kristoff’s Evangelicals Without Blowhards I want to identify myself as an Evangelical, but people like Falwell and Robertson make it hard – almost impossible – for me to do so. I believe that there are more people who identify with Stott’s [...]
No Comments Scott Pagel on Aug 2nd 2011
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R.I.P. John Stott: Missional Before Missional Was Cool
A great man passed on July 27, 2011. My first exposure was his Acts commentary, The Message of Acts: The Spirit, the Church, and the World. From Christianity Today’s obituary: From his conversion at Rugby secondary school in 1938 to his death in 2011 at 90 years old, Stott exemplified how extraordinary plain, ordinary Christianity [...]
No Comments Scott Pagel on Jul 28th 2011
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Introvert Camp
In a week, our family will be in the midst of helping and attending our mission’s annual Sports and English Camp. It is… by far… my most dreaded week of the year. Just as church camp was when I was young. And almost any church activity actually… especially youth group. I like that we have [...]
1 Comment Scott Pagel on Jul 18th 2011
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True and Better
Audio by Tim Keller – timothykeller.com/ Animation by Pete Artemenko – latentdesign.com/ True & Better from Peter Artemenko on Vimeo.
2 Comments Scott Pagel on Jul 15th 2011
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Willard’s Theological ‘Acid Test’
I’m not entirely sure how I feel about this, but I think I’d ‘like’ it if someone posted it as a Facebook status. The acid test for any theology is this: Is the God presented one that can be loved, heart, soul, mind and strength? If the thoughtful, honest answer is; “Not really,” then we [...]
2 Comments Scott Pagel on Jul 14th 2011
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Who Answered the Call?
Back on September 12, 2006, I was blogging at another site and posted this: Mark Trotter – 9/10/2006 I know that many of you keep up with and pray for Mark Trotter over at Caring4Mark. I am sorry to bring you news that he passed away on the morning of September 10th. The link to [...]
No Comments Scott Pagel on Sep 14th 2010
The quote below is one of my favorite parts of a long (over 8,000 word) transcription of a lecture given by Professor Colin Humphreys delivered on 2nd March 2004 in the Winstanley Lecture Theatre in Trinity College, Cambridge. Professor Humphreys has been a Professor of Materials Science in Cambridge since 1990. The lecture is called [...]
2 Comments Scott Pagel on Jul 30th 2010
First, a Philip Yancey story. Back in about 1998, I was working as the network administrator at Christ In Youth in Joplin, Missouri, USA. Back in the day, CIY held an event called National Youth Leader’s Convention (NYLC). My desk was located in the area of the office that also housed the department responsible for [...]
No Comments Scott Pagel on Jun 12th 2010
