November 30, 2012
by Todd Paben
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Worship
I recently came across this blog post from Bobby Gilles, communiation director for Sojourn Church, titled "What is Advent? Why & How You Should Observe It". I have been trying to figure out how or what to communicate about the Advent seaon. For some of us we have been celebrating Advent for years and have often found it to be a very worshipful time. For others, who might b...
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October 20, 2012
by Paul Vroom
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Worship
Mark Altrogge asks what kind of a statement we make about God in the way we worship. It’s worth thinking about: “If an outsider came into your Sunday meeting and observed you worshiping, what would he conclude you think about God?”...
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October 19, 2012
by Paul Vroom
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Discipleship | Tags: intellectual, devotional, discipleship, discipline, word, Scripture
One question I recently received was this: “How do you engage the mind without losing the heart?”
It seems that everyone I meet has a personal or second-hand horror story about a chipper, well-intentioned believer bouncing off to seminary or a Christian college only to have their once-vibrant relationship with God cool to an ember (at best) or be snuffed out complet...
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October 2, 2012
by Paul Vroom
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Worship
What’s missing in this picture? Well, it is you! We have been working hard in getting all those last minute details in place so that we can start worshiping at 123 West Wood Street- THIS SUNDAY!...
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September 26, 2012
by Paul Vroom
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Community | Tags: Church, members
Every once in awhile I see (personal experience or through social media) or hear about how former attenders or church members poorly leave a church they can no longer commit to for one reason or another. In time, I will write about when and how one should leave a church, but for now, I will let you in on some wise words from Tim Challies (HT)....
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September 20, 2012
by Paul Vroom
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Worship | Tags: worship, gathered worship, corporate worship, covenant community, community
Every week the church, Missio Dei Church gathers to worship. Throughout the North American landscape, we see that there is a growing lack of prioritizing of the gathering of the church. Family birthday celebrations, trips for the zoo with the kids, a day in the city, little league games, lawn mowing, or just a family day at home for tired souls are all vying for the averag...
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September 13, 2012
by Paul Vroom
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Missional Life | Tags: hospitality, leadership, members, Missio Dei Church, missio dei, missional, Missional Community, Missionary, Proclamation, Servants, Serve, Service, Stewards, worship
There are several hopes that we as the leadership of Missio Dei have for this next season of ministry as we transition to our Missional Outpost in New Lenox. The church is an identity of God’s “called out†and “gathered people,†whose foundation is God’s revelation and the work of Christ (Matt. 16:13-20). Therefore, we want to be faith...
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September 4, 2012
by Paul Vroom
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Worship | Tags: worship, missio dei, Missio Dei Church, Jesus Christ, Jesus, Redemption
If you know me well enough, you probably know that I don’t really follow baseball, I can’t give you any stats about the players or the teams that they play for, nor do I honestly care, but I do enjoy a good game and all that come with it (beer, hot dogs, friends, etc.) and watching people and their responses to the game....
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August 29, 2012
by Paul Vroom
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Worship | Tags: worship
There is silence. Everyone’s mouths are closed and a single vocalist steps up to the microphone. She takes a deep breath and releases an effortless stream of pure tone. This audio-joy fills the room and the beauty cleans you from the inside out.
This is a picture of what the Church is like. She gets to sing a beautiful message to the world about Jesus. That message is...
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August 28, 2012
by Paul Vroom
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Worship | Tags: worship, Jesus Christ, Jesus, Missio Dei Church
D.A. Carson, Tim Keller, N.T. Wright, Mark Driscoll, etc.: they all say this in one way or another. Why do they all agree? Because the Bible is so clear about this principle. In some ways, the whole story of the Bible’s conflict after Genesis 3, that is the theme of sin, is really the conflict between the worship of idols (created things) and the worship of the true god ...
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