Does a "to the Jews first" reading of Romans 1:16 endanger the Great Commission?

Matt Walker
I got my copy of The Everlasting Nation this week, the May/June issue…I guess I rarely read it carefully. For some reason I did read this one all the way through. In most of the articles the writers were espousing their interpretation of Romans 1:16 that “to the Jews first” is a statement of priority, not a reference to how the gospel was communicated historically. In other words, when starting a new church Christians are required to first go to the Jews of the community and try to evangelize them.

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How Crucial is Focus (Concentration) In Worship?

Ed Vasicek

Poll Results

How Crucial is Focus (Concentration) In Worship?

indispensible: Worship Without Our Concentration is a Farse Votes: 11
Extremely important and required as the rule Votes: 5
Important Votes: 2
Somewhat important Votes: 0
Not important Votes: 0
Varies with the person Votes: 1
Other Votes: 0

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Churchplanting Timelines and Amounts

Brandon King
I would like fellow churchplanters and or pastors to share timelines they have used in planting a church or assisting in a churchplant. Included in these timelines would be:

1) Date of opening service

2) Date for chartering service

3) Date that your church fully supports you as pastor or length of time Supporting church will support a churchplanter

4) Date you began raising funds for land/building/or Capital Improvements of leased rental

Amounts

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A Question About Separation?

pastorwesh
Gentlemen,

I have a question that is very important to me, and hopefully will be of use to guys who have not faced this issue yet.

I am in a quandary about an issue that I am in the middle of, even as I type this post…

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Book Review - The Color of Church

Andrew Comings

The Church in Technicolor

As I write these words the History Channel is promoting a documentary on World War Two. The series consists mainly of original film shot during that great conflict. Instead of the grainy black and white of 1940’s newsreels, however, the picture has been digitally enhanced and colorized.

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Logos 4 - Another Perspective

Jay

It was with great fear and trepidation that I boxed up all my books in December, as my wife and I prepared to move roughly forty five minutes to the south of our then current location. While I will not bore you with all the details, we had found out that we would have to move suddenly, and then we lost more precious time struggling to find a suitable apartment just a few weeks before Christmas. What added to my consternation was the fact that now I was charged with shepherding a small church in our original town, and I was concerned about trying to do sermon preparation without my books. Fortunately, I had received a copy of Logos 4’s Leaders Library program for Christmas, and I expected it to be a godsend and blessing. Although it is a very powerful program, and there is a lot of potential with the program’s abilities, I have to confess that I am disappointed in it.

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Multisite Ministry Gone Wrong?

SharperIron
“Fellowship Church in Grapevine has thousands of members on five campuses. Young says his church and travels have allowed him to minister to more than a quarter of a million people.” Young is facing increasing suspicion over his use of the church’s leased jet.

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