by David Phillips | Apr 25, 2011 | Feature Articles, Miror, Missional, Trinity
Almost two years ago (more like 18 months), I was having lunch with Dr. John Franke of Biblical Theological Seminary in Hatfield, PA.‚ I posed to him a question concerning a situation I was having in my church.‚ He was kind enough to answer my question with a...
by David Phillips | Apr 25, 2011 | Feature Articles, Miror, Missional
One of the most disturbing things I have heard was told to me by a professor who visited a small Christian community in Africa.‚ He told me that upon his arrival, these beautiful African people performed some of the most beautiful, indigenous music he had ever...
by David Phillips | Apr 5, 2011 | Feature Articles, Miror, Theology
I want to return to the MIROR concept, specifically the Organic aspect of the framework. I have been reading Carl Raschke’s GloboChrist: The Great Commission Takes a Postmodern Turn (The Church and Postmodern Culture) and he makes several very interesting...
by David Phillips | Mar 26, 2011 | Feature Articles, Miror, Missional
“What if instead of just becoming the church everybody wants to come to, we also become the church no one wants to leave.” So are the words of Larry Osborne, in a recent article in Outreach Magazine. This sounds great! But is that missional? How would we...
by David Phillips | Mar 26, 2011 | Culture, Feature Articles, Miror, Science, Theology
Are we willing to trust a person with the Bible and the Spirit alone for his or her theology? That was a question I posed to a friend who also happens to be a theologian.‚ His response was that thought scares him to death, but it is something that must be done. It is...
