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Here at LEAD 09 where Tim Chester just finished his first session on a biblical theology of missional community. Q&A now on practical, communal decision-making. Good stuff! You can view this conference for free, live at livestream.
You Can Change – the 4 Gs
Closed Published by Jonathan Dodson September 1st, 2009 on Creation ProjectAustin City Life City Groups went through Tim Chester’s book You Can Change YCC will be released in the U.S. in March 2010 (new cover to the left) this summer. It was a powerful experience for all our communities. In chapter 5, Tim helps us fight the fight of faith for Gospel change by introducing […]
God’s Agenda: Religion, Spirituality or Serenity?
Closed Published by Jonathan Dodson March 6th, 2009 on Creation ProjectJesus shows us God’s agenda for change. God isn’t interested in making us religous. Think of Jesus, who was hated by religious people. God isnt interested in making us ’spiritual’ if by spiritual we mean detached: Jesus was god getting stuck in. God sin’t interested in making us self-absorbed; Jesus was self-giving personified. God isnt […]
Communities of Performance or Grace?
Closed Published by jdodson November 3rd, 2008 on Creation ProjectTim Chester offers a great diagnostic list to determine whether our communities are communities of performance or grace:
Communities of Performance
Communities of Grace
the leaders appear sorted
the leaders are vulnerable
the community appears respectable
the community is messy
meetings must be a polished performance
meetings are just one part of community life
identity is found in ministry
identity is found in Christ
failure is […]
Josh points us to some incisive comments and questions by Tim Chester on the topic of busyness.
Have you ever been irritated because there was a queue at the supermarket till?
Do you regularly work thirty minutes a day longer than your contracted hours?
Do you check work emails and phone messages at home?
Has anyone ever said to […]
Quite a few readers were interested in my series of posts on Total Church, a book about gospel-centered community written by Tim Chester and Steve Timmis in the U.K. Total Church has been picked up by ReLIT, a publishing branch of Crossway Books and will be released in the U.S. in September. See info here. […]
Author of Total Church has a new book
Closed Published by jdodson May 16th, 2008 on Creation ProjectTim Chester, perhaps best known in the U.S. for his book Total Church (forthcoming in U.S. by Crossway), is releasing a new book in the U.K. called You Can Change. You can Change is endorsed by Tim Keller and looks promising for equipping gospel-centered sanctification.
Here are the table of contents:
1. What would you like to […]
If you read or still want to read Total Church by Tim Chester, get excited about his next book Gospel Change (endorsed by Tim Keller). See a promo video here. See my posts on Total Church here.