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Discipling Leaders…

What is Truth?

30 Jan 202130 Jan 2021
Radical Postmodernism might be Killing Us, but a Retreat to Modernity isn’t the Answer. By Justin Rossow I just got off the phone with a pastor I haven’t spoken to…
Discipling Leaders…

Treasure, Where You Least Expect It

17 Aug 2020
By Justin Rossow Editor's Note: This sermon was first preached at the Installation of Rev. Matt Hein as Senior Pastor at NewLife Community Lutheran Church near Flint, MI on 16…
Cultural Studies…

Patterns of Belonging

25 Jun 202024 Jun 2020
By Justin Rossow In his book Organic Community, Joseph Myers describes four different “patterns of belonging” we all need in order to experience a sense of community. Myers doesn’t tell us…
Discipleship Tools…

Go, Stand, Witness, Rejoice: A Close Reading of Acts 5:16-42

18 Jun 202018 Jun 2020
By Conrad Gempf G'morning, I’m Conrad and I teach New Testament at London School of Theology. Our principal wanted us to do a series of sermons about the first Christians:…
For Me…

The Tide Has Turned

4 May 2020
By: Kristeen Bruun In these days of “shelter at home,” I’ve been re-reading (for the tenth or so time) The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien. I thought now…
Discipling Leaders…

Please Pass the Potatoes

15 Oct 201923 Oct 2020
This blog is a response to  A Full Table for Empty People written by my friend Steve Wiechman of Breathe Life Ministries. You really should go read that and then come…

Delight! Discipleship as the Adventure of Loving and Being Loved by Justin Rossow

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