I feel like I should have taken a picture. I didn’t. But if I had taken a picture and posted it here, you wouldn’t notice anything special. It is just a desk and everyone knows what it looks like. This particular desk I’m writing about has a place for a tower computer on the left [...]
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The Invisible Gospel
I found this the other day while I was considering the historical effectiveness of sharing the gospel by mouth; e.g. preaching, one-to-one evangelism, books, arguing. I’m increasingly of the opinion that the most effective means of communicating the gospel is through modeling an obedience to Christ’s teachings and commands. Obviously, the following account is not [...]
1 Comment Scott Pagel on Apr 30th 2012
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Death Valley
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 [...]
2 Comments Scott Pagel on Aug 16th 2011
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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
