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TGR-S2E6: Reversing Education
Perspective What if education is the wrong paradigm? What if that is actually the problem, not the solution? What if it can only work via Cultural Superiority, deliberately marginalizing some in order to elevate others? What if flourishing in the Kingdom of Man ultimately makes us enemies of the Kingdom…
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TGR-S2E5: Unlearning Idolatry
Next Tuesday, June 16, 2020 our Biastes public discipleship men’s group will continue using The Great Reset in Education as a lens to explore issues of racism and repentance in the wake of the Killing of George Floyd. Question How can we retrain ourselves to measure everything against the reality…
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TGR-S2E3: Educating Reformers
We continue this Season’s focus on The Great Reset of Education at Tuesday 6/2, 1 PM Pacific. Question How do we raise up those who follow to represent Jesus better than we have? Perspective Adaptive Christianity A Constructivist Manifesto for Decentralizing Church (Inspired by the Agile Manifesto)
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TGR-S2E2: Obsoleting Education
We continue this Season’s focus on The Great Reset of Education at Tuesday 5/26, 1 PM Pacific on YouTube live. Question: How do we prepare learners to inherit the fullness of God’s Kingdom in their lives? Perspective: By rebuilding education on a foundation of: Innovation vs Preservation Abundance vs Scarcity…
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TGR-S2E1: Re-Purposing Education
For this cycle of The Great Reset with the Biastes, I hope to explore Ted’s call to scale entrepreneurial/spiritual training to meet the immense need, especially among the unemployed and marginalized. Starting on Friday, May 22nd by resetting our understanding of education…
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Hosea’s Lament
To the tune of Psalm 22. Oh Lord! How long must I wait? How long will you leave me in dismay? The one I love has turned against me. Her teeth rip into my skin. Hard sticks break my bones. Lord, I am not innocent in your eyes. Who can…
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TGR-0.7: Retrospective Zero
Topic for The Great Reset with the Biastes, this coming Friday, May 15th. This week we take a break from our usual topics to reflect on the past six episodes, and where we want to go next.
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TGR-06: Good Grief with the Biastes
Devotional for The Great Reset with the “Biastes” (below) on this Friday, May 8th. and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free John 8:32 But do we even want to know the truth? Question How do we develop the courage to face unbearable pain?
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TGR-05: Deep, Deep Joy
How do we develop unconquerable joy? We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith. Because of the joy awaiting him, he endured the cross, disregarding its shame. Now he is seated in the place of honor beside God’s throne.
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TGR-04: Loving The Other
Join us on Zoom or Facebook to co-create the video of this episode at 10 AM PST on Friday, April 24th, 2020 AD. Question: How do we love like Jesus? Perspective: I will love the “Other” as Jesus loved me. Premise: Love is a muscle that strengthens through deliberate practice…
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TGR-03: Wholly Broken
Question What does God want: Of us For Us From Us Perspective My answer: Whole-I-ness (Holiness/Wholeness) A whole world Of whole people Loving all of the one God
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TGR-02: 3-D Fathering
From an interactive Zoom call at 10 AM Pacific on Friday, April 10th, 2020 AD for Episode 2 of The Great Reset: Becoming the Church Decentralized. Question: How does God loves us? Why is that Good News?
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TGR-01: The Cup of Suffering
The Great Reset: Becoming the Church Decentralized Episode 1 • April 3, 2020 AD Public Discipleship as Exercise for the Body of Christ Ernest Prabhakar, Speaker Domaĝanto: Question Tamer in Esperanto Assumptions to Discuss A1: Nothing on earth is more important than becoming (loving) like Jesus A2: That includes becoming…
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ShameBreaker Covenant
God loves me, and has a wonderful plan for my life. As I humble myself and turn away from my wicked ways, I position myself to receive the fullness of God’s blessings and favor. I confess that I have sinned — against myself, others, and God — to the point…
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Christianity Beyond, Draft 2
The MINFIG for Christianity Beyond # Expanding Our Beyond Just To Also Include 1 Identity Exclusive Tribes Expansive Unity 2 Maturity Learned Doctrine Lived Gospel 3 Goals Moral Causes Multi-level Transformation 4 Metrics Customer Satisfaction Effective Incarnation 5 Ministry Church Campuses The Marketplace 6 Structures Non-Profits Profitable Businesses 7 Following…
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Christianity Beyond, Draft 1
Bringing Heaven to Earth. One Cross at a Time. [Update: see my background thinking in Draft 2] Christianity Beyond is a movement of ordinary people who are learning how to make the same kind of extraordinary impact as the Jesus they love. We honor all the ways people have sought…
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Redeeming Aphrodite: The Sword (Part 2)
Continued from Part 1. I follow Jesus through the back wall of the temple, marching straight toward where the goddess awaits. She is there, unsurprised by my presence. Beautiful, beyond all earthly beauty. A slight mysterious smile on her lips. She is wreathed in a flowing gown that enhances rather…
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RSVP with God: Outcome-Driven Quiet Times
RSVP stands for the four steps I have been using to help my spirit align with God’s purposes for my life: Rejoice: Meditate on yesterday’s emotional highs and lows until you find a way to rejoice in them Shalom: Repeat until you can rest in God’s peace. Over time your…