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The Making of a DiscipleFred Peatross opens this edition interviewing Hemant Mehta, the young man who sold his soul on eBay for about $500 - to Jim Henderson, an innovative spiritual entrepreneur. A Conversation With the eBay Atheist probes a discipling attempt that wasn't ... MORE
03/18/2008 -
All 15 worship songs from The ZOE Group's 2007 CD, "Overflow," are now available for purchase and download in the ZOE Life Store for $1.00 each. Purchase "2" for $2.00 and download once - you can legally share your copy with a friend. Purchase "3" for $3.00 and share with two friends. See details here. . . . STORE
New Wineskins Staff
11/03/2007 - Session recordings from the 'Overflow' Look to the Hills 2007 Conference in Nashville are now available in CD format from Knight Media Group. Simply click on the link to download the PDF, print and fill it out and enclose payment with the mailing. Hear Brian McLaren, Randy Harris, Lynn Anderson and many others ... PDF
Fred Peatross
06/28/2008 - Civilization has been on a journey of changing worldviews: from the oral culture of Jesus’ day, to the print world introduced by Gutenberg’s Bible, to the broadcast era of television, to today’s digital culture. In Jesus time, the magic of the oral culture was a world in which burning bushes, parting seas, miraculous battles, and resurrections were entirely plausible. Conversely, “how to manuals” are staples of the print era. . . . MORE
Greg Taylor
05/18/2008 - Once again Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy—the Pevensies—find themselves back in Narnia when Prince Caspian, the rightful heir of Narnia, blows a horn and calls them from a London subway station into Narnia. But this is not the same Narnia they knew from entering through their uncle’s wardrobe. It is hundreds of years later, and the Talamarinds have attacked Narnians and have driven them into the forest to hide away. . . . MORE
Jason Steckel
05/07/2008 - In the years since my mother's death, I have often had moments where I wanted to talk to her. Whether it was seeking advice, wanting to share a special moment, or simply the desire to say hi, there are times when I just wish my mom was still here. But again, I am reminded that we live in a broken world where death is inevitable and no one is immune from pain and suffering. . . . MORE
Fred Peatross
05/09/2008 - Fred: Just what do you believe in? How does this all fit into the ultimate truth about life—death?
Hemant: I believe in the goodness of people. We all want to survive and the best way for this to happen is to live peacefully with other people and help them (I've heard religious people criticize this because it seems to go against the idea of "survival of the fittest," but any research on the benefits of altruism can explain why this is good for us.) . . .MORE
Patty Slack
04/08/2008 - The opening story pulled me in; the later dialogs had me dog-earing pages to go back to. I find myself referring to ideas from its pages in conversation. There’s a lot of truth and love packed into this little story. I love the fact that it doesn’t play down the role of Jesus like so many current treatises on spirituality seem to do, but illustrates and reveals his role in drawing people to God’s heart. . . . MORE
Fred Peatross
03/30/2008 - " ... an attractional church can work in a Christendom context, but in a missionary context it actually undermines our efforts to reach people meaningfully with the Gospel of Jesus. It is literally out-moded! A ‘sent people’ no matter how you configure it implies a going of sorts. And when combined with the other primary theological metaphor in the Bible of how God reaches the nations, namely the Incarnation, it clashes head-on with the primary expectation built into attractional forms of church. " . . . MORE
Greg Taylor
03/20/2008 - Skeptics still may not agree with emergent sensibilities, but at least The New Christians: Dispatches from the Emergent Frontier leaves nothing in the bag to wonder about. Tony Jones lays out a treatise on the emergent movement in the newest of his flurry of books. In it he builds a long list of “dispatches” from the frontier and suggests that it’s decision time for mainline churches: join us, support us, or get out of the way. . . . MORE
Joshua Ross
03/15/2008 - The fellowship that is only found in Wal-Mart lines or McDonald’s playground—the moments that bring together people of all different walks of life—came this one day to an overcrowded courtyard. That Sunday afternoon, for two hours, we joined in a gospel experience. We stepped into this complex and we discovered that God was there. He was in the process of loving, liberating, and announcing the good news of the kingdom. . . . MORE
Greg Taylor
03/10/2008 - We’re called to unity with all Christians everywhere who call Christ Lord. When Jesus prayed his unity prayer, he didn’t parse every doctrine and neither will I here. We live the Christ-life and follow the rule of the Holy Spirit to keep that everlasting covenant God the Father has kept since creation. Christ and Paul and our own more recent forefathers such as Thomas Campbell call us to produce fruit and look for fruit of the Spirit in the lives of fellow disciples. Will Churches of Christ, Christian Churches/Churches of Christ, and Disciples of Christ join this new restoration? . . . MORE
03/15/2008 - Readers Kevin Harper, Paul Wilkerson and Jill Tolleson respond to the articles in issue #71, " 'R' is for Revolution." . . . MORE
Greg Taylor
05/26/2008 - This Memorial Day we will all remember someone we love . . . Hundreds of you responded and have been praying for Eric Noah-Wilson, his family and his sister, Kristi. Eric says, "No words can adequately express how you ministered to me through your prayers, visits, emails, texts, and calls over the past week." God hears our prayers, loves us, regardless of the outcome of grief and heartache. We are deeply saddened that Kristi died Wednesday, May 21. . . . MORE
New Wineskins Staff
11/03/2007 - The ZOE Group announces the return of the two offerings in the Spiritual Deepening Program - training in spiritual formation guided by Randy Harris, Jackie Halstead, Gary Holloway, and Rhonda Lowry. The Growing Deeper Spirituality Program is designed for those desiring to experience what it's like to have a spiritual director who helps you learn and practice spiritual disciplines that lead us into the presence of and in relationship with God, the Son Jesus, and the Holy Spirit. The more-advanced Spiritual Direction Program is structured to train those who have already participated in the Growing Deeper sessions and/or are preparing to lead others in spiritual formation and growth. ... MORE
Wade Hodges
06/22/2008 - After nearly a decade of unsuccessfully trying to figure out how to implement this pick-your-own-program model of discipleship, I’ve come to several conclusions. First, most of the Christians I know are not self-motivated in the area of discipleship. They don’t wake up looking for ways to grow in Christlikeness. . . . MORE
Dr. D.V. Adams
06/18/2008 - We live in an energized culture that moves at the blink of think. Adrenaline rush is the drug of choice. The busier we become the happier we think we are. Even without conditioning our lives to live at a rested pace, we will eventually be stopped. It may happen in the form of a failed relationship, a death, legal action, or some other collision course. We are not created to live on adrenaline and feelings alone. . . . MORe
07/05/2008The Culver Palms Church of Christ seeks a part-time Children’s and Family Minister committed to excellence in Christian education, love and care for families and children and growth of the Kingdom of God. This position of service for Christ and his church would involve working under the leadership of the elders and the senior minister and working cooperatively with the youth and family minister, children’s ministry team, parents, and other volunteers to . . . . FULL POSTING
Little Rock Church Seeks Associate Minister
04/08/2008 - Little Rock Church is seeking God’s provision for an Associate Minister to lead our Outreach Ministries; assist in teaching/preaching the Word of God, and lead our efforts to plant new churches in Central Arkansas. Little Rock Church is a 22-year-old, non-denominational church with a heritage in churches of Christ. We have adult small groups called house churches, a contemporary instrumental worship assembly . . . . FULL POSTING
04/11/2008 - Much of New Wineskins' archive is online. Much is not. We want to make all New Wineskins issues available to our readers, and we need the help of scanners, typists, and htmlers (for non-tech people, that's formatting web pages) to put up every article from every issue going back to the beginning of the magazine. . . . MORE
New Wineskins writers and staffers collaborate on a blog with musings not necessarily related to the current issue's theme - as well as previews of things to come. ... MORE
Daily Life of Worship
Devotional thoughts are shared at this blog to prepare one for gathered or private worship, and for service to others and God as worship ... MORE
The ZOE Group Blog
Members of the ZOE Group and New Wineskins staff share a blog with news and photos ... MORE
Preacher Mike
Founding Editor Mike Cope sniffs out the work of God in this world and shares musings on other fragrant - and occasionally odorous - subjects ... MORE
ZOE Worship
Brandon Scott Thomas talks about his life and ministry with ZOE Worship and Otter Creek Church ... MORE
High Places on the Journey
Come talk of life and loving Jesus with New Wineskins' Senior Editor - also a minister, author, father, coach and gardener ... MORE
Abductive Columns
- New Wineskins' Conversations Editor Fred Peatross resurrects his classic blog on a new platform ... MORE
Westerman's World
- A weekly look at the life of ZOE Group member Amy as a stay-at-home mom with her children, Luke and Caroline. ... MORE
Blog in My Own Eye
- New Wineskins Managing Editor Keith Brenton's views - as well as struggles with self-will and humility - as someone who 'questions reality and won't settle for an evasive answer' ... MORE
Glimpses of Life
- Samplings of the joys, challenges, and adventures of parenting 4 small children, as well as tidbits about a wide variety of musical endeavors - as told from the perspective of Clarissa, frequent ZOE Group arranger, who also answers to "Mommy". ... MORE