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  • TGR-S3E4: Systemic Redemption

    Continuing our discussion of the Biastes Co-Discipleship Network, our 1pm PST Tuesday, July 28, 2020 episode of The Great Reset introduces a revolutionary approach to redeeming our systems. Question: What would it take to truly overcome systemic inequity and relational brokenness? Perspective: Revolutionary systems effectively honoring Christlike humble service

  • 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…

  • Lesson 5/6 Courage (Anjali’s Catechism)

    Faith: Wise Risk It would be wonderful if everyone knew how to find real happiness, glory, and relationships by believing in the same God Jesus did. However, believing in God is not learning a fact, such as: 2 + 2 = 4 Grass is green I prefer berry pie to…

  • D-Church Panel: Redesigning Church in the Digital Era

    Live Event hosted by Analog. Thu, April 27, 2017 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM PDT Google Mountain View Campus: LMK-2 Diller 1883 Landings Drive Mountain View CA 94043 US Update: Podcast audio now available. Abstract The modern church was born in the era of broadcasting: mass-market publishing, sound systems, radio,…

  • D-Church: What God is Doing Next?

    “I am D-Church, You are D-Church, We are D-Church together….” God seems to be doing something new in the body of Christ.

  • Toward a Discipling Church

    Vision Becoming, Making, and Gathering Disciples of Jesus Who do Better than Us

  • Make Us Like Jesus: Discipleship in Five Syllables

    A proposed process for fully fleshing-out the Six Syllable Gospel: as part of an accidental series on Childlike Theology: Join together to ask God to make us like Jesus. Interpret everything that happens as God answering that prayer. There is no step 3.

  • PRO Church

    I belive the primary reason the church in America is not impacting the culture is that we expend most of our time, energy, and money doing many things badly instead of the right things well. We are amateurs competing against professional culture-makers.  To address this imbalance, I believe the church needs to…

  • Song: Gratitude

    Part 3 of the Guilt–Grace-Gratitude musical trilogy, from my 1996 meditations on The Grace Cycle.

  • LEAD! A.11 Christ’s Body

    In Which We Become the Church, As We Grow Into Christ Our Head Via His Gifts Continuing the theme of Sanctification, we explore how we are discipled into the name of Christ through His body — the Father’s principle vehicle for forming His Kingdom, by His Spirit. Specifically, we see…

  • LEAD! Syllabus for “Theological Foundations”

    LEAD! Syllabus for “Theological Foundations”

    In thinking about it, I realized I should take my Curriculum one step further, and actually identify the passages and key learnings for each lesson. Not only will this help ensure I’m on the same page as my pastor, but it would enable others to write some of the lessons…

  • TELL: Theological Essentials for Lay Leaders

    As a counterpart (or even prequel) to my previous article about “safety skills“, I wanted to identify those theological topics essential for lay leaders to understand. In particular, I believe lay leaders need a more concise and practical “boot camp”, in contrast to the multi-year “officer’s training school” provided in…

  • The Purpose of Comprehensive Theological Education

    As I’ve been meditating on the idea of “Comprehensive Theology“, I’ve begun to realize that it’s main difference from systematic theology isn’t merely (or even primarily) the content. Rather, it is whole pedagogy associated with traditional theological instruction I am reacting against. I might characterize (caricature?) the traditional model as:…