June 6, 2012
by Missio Dei Church
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Men
| Tags: men, Titus, Bible
What I saw last night was men laboring together over Titus 1:1-3, laughing together, and ultimately taking a step out of their comfort zones and growing together. I know that the more that we meet together to pore over Scripture, the more this will be common place in our church and our families. We will also be personally deeply transformed as our minds are renewed (Romans...
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May 25, 2012
by Missio Dei Church
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Prayer
| Tags: prayer, Puritan, The Valley of Vision
It amazes me how someone else's words can so speak the longings in my own heart. In large part this prayer is from the perspective of the pastor, but I'm sure there are elements here that would apply to all of us as we seek to serve our Lord. And so I just offer this as my prayer today, for myself and for my brother pastors, as well as for each and everyone who seeks His g...
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May 17, 2012
by Missio Dei Church
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Missional Life
Today, we met with the representatives of the Chicago Central District of the Nazarene (CCDN) to hammer out details about the building on Wood Street in New Lenox. Let's just say that I believe that prayer works!...
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May 7, 2012
by Missio Dei Church
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Community
| Tags: Church, conflict, ecclesiology, together, Missional Community
Let's face it folks: sometimes it ain't easy going to church. Church can be really messy, sticky, frustrating business sometimes....
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May 3, 2012
by Missio Dei Church
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Category:
Leadership
How do we honor elders who have spiritual oversight of the church? Carl Trueman has some thoughts!...
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August 3, 2011
by Missio Dei Church
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Missional Life
| Tags: missio dei, Missio Dei Church, missional, serving, together, Transformation, worship
All because we love our community and we love and serve our community our community because Christ instructs us to love our neighbors (John 10:25-36) and served (Philippians 2:1-11) us!...
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October 7, 2009
by Missio Dei Church
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Missional Life
| Tags: missional, Gospel, Ministry
Bread truck Mondays become an essential part of my spiritual journey of relying more fully on Christ and his complete work in my life. They aren't just the crappy parts that you want to discard or forget about, but they become necessary reminders for needing the Gospel in increasing and daily ways. My prayer for myself and Missio Dei Church is that we as broken but redeeme...
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July 15, 2009
by Missio Dei Church
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Missional Life
My wife says I need a prayer filter. You see, I pray that God sends us messy people and He always seems to answer and often it is uncomfortable. Sometimes God sends us new people on Sunday mornings whose lives are messy and are looking for hope that the world cannot offer. Sometimes it is from within our church family… we finally are honest with our own mess and we allow...
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October 31, 2008
by Missio Dei Church
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Category:
We Believe...
| Tags: Scripture, ESV, Bible
One of the things that brought Luther to the point of posting his 95 thesis was his love for Scripture. This Sunday, you will find in our aisles new English Standard Version Bibles....
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October 31, 2008
by Missio Dei Church
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Category:
We Believe...
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Today is Reformation Day, the day we celebrate the beginning of the Protestant Reformation. October 31 stands as the day that Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the door of the castle church in Wittenberg. Luther, when he did this, surely had no apprehension of just how significant an event this would be. And yet this act now stands as a defining moment in history...
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