“At first it may seem like totalitarianism”

The following statement comes from Rick Joyner with Dutch Sheets on the June 19, 2007 Elijah List newsletter entitled “THE TRUE SOLDIERS OF THE CROSS ARE MOBILIZING. THE CHURCH IS ABOUT TO BE CLOTHED WITH A BEAUTY THAT IS BEYOND THIS WORLD!” THE COMING KINGDOM! The kingdom of God will…

Not to Quarrel

Part 3: Contending Contentiouslyby Anton Bosch “…avoid foolish and ignorant disputes, knowing that they generate strife. And a servant of the Lord must not quarrel but be gentle to all, able to teach, patient, in humility correcting those who are in opposition, if God perhaps will grant them repentance, so…

The “7-M Mandate”

“Our theological bedrock is what has been known as Dominion Theology. This means that our divine mandate is to do whatever is necessary, by the power of the Holy Spirit, to retake the dominion of God’s creation which Adam forfeited to Satan in the Garden of Eden. It is nothing…

Argumentative or Contending?

Part 2: Contentiously Contending Anton Bosch, a seasoned pastor and church planter of over 30 years, author of Building Blocks of the Church, has been working on a series of convicting articles about the sometimes “contentious” nature of contending for the faith. It is true that discernment and apologetic work…

The Tyranny of 3-Legged Branding

“The project of transforming culture into little more than a collection of brand-extensions-in-waiting would not have been possible without the deregulation and privatization policies of the past three decades.”–Naomi Klein, No Logo (Picador, 2002), p. 30. “In July of [1998], Indonesian president B.J. Habibie urged his 200 million citizens to…

Contentiously Contending

Anton Bosch has begun an excellent series on the topic of contending for the faith. Below is part one: Contentiously Contending Jude urges us “to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints” (Jude 3). Many have found this verse a wonderful excuse to…

Branding the New Breed

This is how you enlist in the Army of God: First come the fireworks and the prayers, and then 4,000 kids scream, “We won’t be silent anymore!” Then the kids drop to their knees, still but for the weeping and regrets of fifteen-year-olds. The lights in the Cleveland arena fade…

Re-Branding Global Mission

“Harvard business professor Theodore Levitt published the essay ‘The Globalization of Markets,’ in which he argued that any corporation that was willing to bow to some local habit or taste was an unmitigated failure.‘The world’s needs and desires have been irrevocably homogenized,’ he wrote in what instantly became the manifesto…

Big Box Churches Ring Pavlov’s Bell

“Brand-obsessed shoppers have adopted an almost fetishistic approach to consumptionin which the brand name acquires a talismanic power.”–Naomi Klein, No Logo (Picador, 2002), p. 141. Creating situations that provoke psychological, emotional or sensual reactions in people is a form of behavior modification. This can come through marketing, education and training,…