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allencoker wrote a new blog post: Exercising freedom, part 2 1 week, 1 day ago · View
Chew on this one: If we insist that we need laws or rules to keep us from doing the wrong thing and make us do the right thing, then… we are really saying that Jesus’ love for us is not powerful enough to keep us from doing the wrong thing and make us do the [...]
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allencoker wrote a new blog post: Exercising freedom 1 week, 1 day ago · View
Tonight in Gospel Transformation, we got into some sinking sand as we discussed the implications of not returning to law and experiencing freedom in Christ. Wednesday night attendance was our example. Suppose we take seriously the freedom we have in Christ. Let’s also suppose we choose to exercise our freedom by not coming on Wednesday [...]
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allencoker commented on the blog post A Culture of Openness 1 month ago · View
Thanks bro! You’re always an encouragement and focuser.
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allencoker commented on the blog post A Culture of Openness 1 month ago · View
I thought I’d heard you mention no perfect people allowed when we had coffee the other day. Maybe we could read the book together.
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allencoker wrote a new blog post: 1 month ago · View
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allencoker wrote a new blog post: A Culture of Openness 1 month ago · View
The discussion in Gospel Transformation last night turned to creating a culture of openness in our church family. We talked about trusting in the gospel so much that people could share stories of sin & struggle and stories of God’s work in their lives without fear of judgment and with full conviction that they would [...]
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allencoker commented on the blog post Theory X and Theory Y 1 month, 1 week ago · View
Would one of them be the creation of another “leader” – the involvement minister? The motivation is still “How do we get more people to share the burden of the work at church?” However, now we hire this guy (or couple) to help people discover their giftedness so that they can take more of the [...]
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allencoker commented on the blog post The Right Way To Do Church 1 month, 2 weeks ago · View
From my reading tonight, this is known as contingency theory. CT says that you find the best match of organizational approach to fit the environment you are in. I like your point about how pattern theology about structure has actually limited us.
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allencoker commented on the blog post The Case for the System 1 month, 2 weeks ago · View
Brad, I’ve been slowly reading Simple Church and thinking about what you are talking about. How are we helping people move to maturity in Christ? I believe the most important part of the church as a system is the central nervous system (or the heart or the DNA or the core values/practices). Ultimately, that is [...]
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allencoker created the blog Stomp Out Hunger 1 month, 2 weeks ago · View
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allencoker wrote a new blog post: Roller Coaster Marriage News 1 month, 3 weeks ago · View
I had intended to post on the day I heard the sad news of Al & Tipper Gore’s separation. You can read an informative article about a sad trend called ’silver divorce’ here. When I think of Al & Tipper while they were on the national scene, I remember a charming couple, having fun and in [...]
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allencoker wrote a new blog post: Split-Second Understanding? 1 month, 3 weeks ago · View
We make split-second perceptions all the time. In fact, we just cannot help making snap judgments about the people and places we meet. For an in-depth exploration of this check out Malcolm Gladwell’s Blink!.It’s no use trying to stop this, but it is very important that we try to evaluate them. Often our perceptions about others are [...] -
allencoker and Randy Wray are now friends 1 month, 4 weeks ago · View
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allencoker wrote a new blog post: A Single Road 2 months ago · View
The Road goes ever on and on Down from the door where it began. Now far ahead the Road has gone, And I must follow, if I can, Pursuing it with eager feet, Until it joins some larger way Where many paths and errands meet And whither then? I cannot say. – J.R.R. Tolkien I’m in [...]
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allencoker and lesjr are now friends 2 months, 1 week ago · View
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allencoker and Jim Martin are now friends 2 months, 1 week ago · View
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allencoker and Katherine are now friends 2 months, 1 week ago · View
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allencoker joined the group Preachers 2 months, 1 week ago · View
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allencoker commented on the blog post Review: Transforming Church in Rural America 2 months, 1 week ago · View
I agree with Tucker. Great review John!
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allencoker and wjcsydney are now friends 2 months, 1 week ago · View
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