November 1st, 2012 
alandanielson I’ve been watching the TV show, The Walking Dead, lately. Suddenly it hit me last night that the Zombies are not the villains in the story…people are the villains. You don’t get mad at the zombies for chasing after the heroes, they’re just doing what zombies do. In fact, there are occasions where you actually [...]
October 20th, 2011 alandanielson Originally posted, August 30, 2010. Reposted 10-20-2011. ——————————————————————————- The first half of the 2nd chapter of Mark contains a curious pairing of evangelistic stories: the healing of a paraplegic man and the calling of Levi (Matthew). When the paraplegic was brought to Jesus he didn’t first heal his body. Rather, Jesus first forgave his sin. [...]
October 19th, 2011 alandanielson As a new pastor at New Life Bible Church in Norman, Oklahoma I’m most excited about really establishing our church as a missions powerhouse. A “Missions Funnel” is a visual depiction the new missional strategy we are starting to implement. The philosophy is simple: in order to involve everyone who is a part of our [...]
September 14th, 2011 alandanielson Originally posted July 19, 2010. Reposted September 14, 2011. —————————————————————————————– Craig Groeschel of LifeChurch.tv, often says, “We’ll, do anything short of sin to reach people for Christ.” I’d like for us to consider that statement for a minute. More specifically, I want us to consider the outcome if that statement is not true of all [...]
August 31st, 2011 alandanielson Yes, I used strong language in the title of this post. No, I don’t hate missional small groups. What I hate are small group mission projects. Why? Because they’re PROJECTS. What’s a project? It’s a short-term activity designed to accomplish a goal. There’s nothing intrinsically wrong with a small group mission project, after all they serve people [...]
August 26th, 2011 alandanielson Originally posted 08-02-2010. Reposted 08-26-2011. ————————————————————————————– I’ll never forget reading Brad Powell’s Change Your Church For Good: The Art of Sacred Cow Tipping. It made me weep. I wept because Brad accurately described so many churches I know and have been a part of. They are churches who were once effectively reaching people, but they [...]
May 4th, 2011 alandanielson Affinity small groups: common-interest groups, kinship groups, attraction groups, activity groups, Churches have called them all sorts of names. They are groups that are formed around one thing that every group member shares in common: Basketball Knitting Bicycling Movies Camping Books Video games Star Wars You get the picture. Pastors and church leaders form these [...]
May 3rd, 2011 alandanielson Originally Posted May 10, 2009. Reposted May 3, 2011. ———————————————————————- Once outwardness has captured your heart you must make it a part of your battle plan. Too many leaders talk about outwardness but don’t develop a good plan that will help their people live it out. So how do you make it a part of [...]
May 2nd, 2011 alandanielson Originally posted May 6, 2009. Reposted May 2, 2011 —————————————————————— Whether you’re a small group pastor, coach, leader, apprentice (or whatever term is used in your church) it is absolutely vital that you lead your ministry and your own group to embrace outwardness. Honestly, I’m not much for the buzz word “missional” (although I couldn’t [...]
April 22nd, 2011 alandanielson “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.” ~John 3:16-17 (NIV) Today we remember history’s cruelest [...]
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