Episode 66: A Little Help From Our Friends: Brooks Buser on Multiplying Movements
In this episode, we interview Brooks Buser of Radius International. We ask Brooks if our critics are right: Have we been too severe in our assessment of multiplying movements? Tune in for another perspective from a trusted voice on missions to the glory of God.
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Episode 65: Should The Gospel Offend Muslims?
In this episode, we interact with criticisms of Sean's quote in the film, American Gospel, "If a pastor can preach in such a way that a Muslim can sit in that audience and not be offended— then he is not preaching the gospel of Christ and Christ crucified." What do those on social media have to say about the offense of the gospel, and how do these views line up with scripture?
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Episode 64: Are Church Planting Movements Actually Planting Churches?
Church Planting Movement and Disciple Making Movement practitioners both aim to see churches planted, but what does that mean? In this episode, we compare the biblical definition of a local church against the definitions used by these paradigms. How do they stand up to the test? See for yourself.
Missions: How the Local Church Goes Global by Andy Johnson https://www.9marks.org/books/missions/
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Episode 63: Obedience-Based Discipleship: Is it Biblical?
Church Planting Movement practitioners teach a form of inductive bible study that emphasizes obedience to Jesus above all else. This "Obedience-based Discipleship" is said to counter a "knowledge-based discipleship" that plagues the Western church, while producing genuine Christians. But is this claim true? More importantly, is OBD faithful to scripture? Continuing our series on multiplying movements, we offer a critique of this pervasive methodology.
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Episode 62: What Caused the Sexual Revolution? Ft. Carl Trueman
The sexual revolution did not cause the sexual revolution. In this week's episode, Sean and Russell interview Carl Truman and beg him to help us make sense of his book The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self.
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Episode 58: The History of Church Planting Movements (Part 1)
Where do Church Planting Movements and Disciple Movement paradigms originate? While these terms may be new, many of the ideas behind them aren't. In this episode, we trace the theological roots of Multiplying Movements back to the advocates of revivalism in the 19th century.
Books mentioned:
Conversion, by Michael Lawrence: https://www.9marks.org/books/conversion/
Missions, by Andy Johnson: https://9marks.myshopify.com/collections/building-healthy-churches-series/products/missions
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Episode 57: What are Church Planting Movements?
The first episode in our series on Multiplying Movements. Commonly known as Church Planting Movements or Disciple Making Movements, these missiological paradigms have become the standard in evangelical missions. But are they wise? In this episode, we define these strategies, and do our best to save our critiques for a future episode.
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