Todd Hiestand

what to think about this
Christian Campus Group Must Accept Non-Believers

Jesus didn’t bring a new religion into the world. What he brought was new life. What does this mean for our understanding of Christian mission?
…But the mission of the Holy Spirit is the mission of new life…we must find new ways that lead ‘fromm religion to the kingdom of God, from the church to the [...]

“It its original and eternal sense, mission is God’s mission…It is only when we as people follow God’s mission to other people and put ourselves in line with that mission that we show respect for the dignity of others, as poeple created by God and made in his image; and it is only then that [...]

I’m trying to pick up the book i have listed on the right of my blog called “The Source of Life” by Jurgon Moltmann again. I mean, since i have it listed there, i guess it would be kinda good if i had enagaged it a little bit! (Yes, i am one of those [...]

On the Gospel and our Culture Network website, i found this page that is meant to direct our scripture reading with a missional trajectory…
Missional Bible Study

not really sure if that is how the saying really goes….
but here is proof

Finally.

why is it that these days two guys can’t go out together without being labled gay?
Yesterday Brad (my co-pastor) and i, with our wives away at a women’s retreat, went out to breakfast with our two adorable kids. We ended up having a conversation with a few guys who were obviously Christians [...]

This is perhaps the very best definition of evangelism i have ever read, seen or heard…it is from this article by Dallas Willard…
How do you do “evangelism-discipleship?” My short answer: You ravish people with the blessings of the Kingdom. You make them hungry for it. That?s why words are so important?we must be wordsmiths. You [...]

From Brian McLaren’s article at the Billy Graham Center for Evangelism’s 2004 Evangelism Roundtable Presentations.
Decrease church attendance. (Or: Deploy Christians into their neighborhoods and communities and world to build relationships with everyone they can, especially the last, the lost, the least.)
This radical reconception of what the gospel, the disciple, and the Great Commission truly [...]

Did a little painting of the ceiling of new building on wednesday and thursday…brad finshed the ceiling thursday night. we got some great help today from Chris Phillips and Keith Wilcox (thanks guys!) it was a TON of work, but very much worth it. the ceiling looks great black and i will post [...]

I had some fun with iMovie this evening and made a walk through video of our building. Basically just shows the layout and what it currently looks like and the condition it is in after two weeks of work.
I can’t wait to make another video when it is all done and put it [...]

From Growing Leaders by Design, by Harold Longenecker
“A new vision for leadership is sorely needed, for most churches are full of ordinary Christians who want to make a difference byt aren’t sure how to do it. Trying to cultivate biblical qualifications for leadership, they seem unsure of the process. Some who seem to [...]