The World: Media & Culture

Dec 24, 09 The World: Media & Culture

Posted by D. Goodmanson in Church, Sermon

My latest sermon at Kaleo Church, The World: Media & Culture C.J. Mahaney writes in the book Worldliness Resisting the Seduction of a Fallen World. Today, the greatest challenge facing American evangelicals is not persecution from the world, but seduction by the world. One of the dominant shapers of what we believe is the...

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Creating a Philosophy of Ministry

Tim Cain is part of the Kaleo Movement. This last year he and his wife journeyed to Bethlehem Baptist to be the church planting intern at John Piper’s church. While he was there he has had the opportunity to plan a church plant and lay out what that will look like when he returns to San Diego. A lot of this writing includes...

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Total Church Conference Audio

The Audio for The Total Church North America Conference 2008 have now been uploaded. Total church is a way of thinking about church and mission in the 21st century which sees the local Christian community as integral to Christian living and Christian mission. The Christian life is ‘total church’ – our identity is...

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Update on Total Church Session Recordings

Our team is working on the 12 videos (6 main sessions and 6 main breakouts) and 10 audio sessions (breakouts) from the Total Church Conference. In the next few days I should be posting the first two main sessions for people to enjoy.

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Shapevine Interview: Missional Communities, Total Church, Triperspectivalism & Renovo

One last reminder prior to tomorrow for you to join us on Shapevine June 24 at 4 PM EST (1pm PST) for an interview on Missional Communities, Total Church, Triperspectivalism & the Renovo Network.  There will be a time to ask questions and interact with David & I regarding what we've learned, where we've failed...

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Contextualizing the Story

Dec 07, 07 Contextualizing the Story

Posted by D. Goodmanson in Church, Sermon, Teaching

I've been able to enjoy a few days with Caesar Kalinowski from Soma Communities a movement that is led through people living missionally together to reach their cities (South Puget Sound).  Of all the churches we (Kaleo Church) have come across, we are finding we share the most in common with Soma.  Caesar has spent...

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Triperspectival Benedictions

Each week I (or an elder @ Kaleo) end our worship service with a benediction.  I used to do these benedictions based on verses in the bible.  In the last 6-months I have transitioned to Triperspectival Benedictions that follow the sermon.  The three elements of the benediction are: Normative/Information: What was the...

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Triperspectival Hermeneutics

David Fairchild and I spoke yesterday about a triperspectival hermeneutics.  He has posted some great insight into how to use a triperspectival hermeneutic .  Here is a snapshot, but I encourage you to read the whole post. Our Triune God is omniperspectival and sees all perspectives simultaneously. This should humble us...

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Telling Gospel Stories

Jun 03, 07 Telling Gospel Stories

Posted by D. Goodmanson in Culture, Sermon

We speak in stories.  Stories are the way people share what they really think and express who they are. Stories are the web that holds together a person's true beliefs. It is through these stories that we interact and communicate.   They are the currency to exchange ideas and as such are more important than...

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Expository Preaching Series

Here is a series some of you preachers may be interested in, Colin Adams (Unashamed Workman) started a series, "Ten Questions for Expositors"  with his first interview with Tim Keller.  [HT:...

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