Theology on Mission

FROM THE *MISSIONAL COMMONS* hosted by Northern Seminary and Ecclesia Network. In this special episode, Mandy Smith talks about the process of preaching to and through vulnerability.

FROM THE *MISSIONAL COMMONS* hosted by Northern Seminary and Ecclesia Network. In this special episode, Matt Tebbe leads us in considering that proclamation is much bigger than merely preaching, but that we need to get the gospel back into every proclamation.

FROM THE *MISSIONAL COMMONS* hosted by Northern Seminary and Ecclesia Network. In this special episode, Tara Beth Leach leads us through the slow process of letting the Holy Spirit brew in us the words we will preach (and she is quite funny too).

Should the church protest in the streets? Should the church engage in direct, non-violent action? And if so, how? These are some of the questions David Fitch and Geoff Holsclaw discuss as they wonder about the violent world we live in. They end asking, "Has the church outsourced martyrdom as its witness against violence?"

FROM THE *MISSIONAL COMMONS* hosted by Northern Seminary and Ecclesia Network. In this special episode, pastor and professor David Fitch talks about this difference between preaching and teaching, and how we need to proclaim the gospel in the pulpit, around the dinner table, and the everywhere else.

"You make void the word of God by our traditions" says Jesus (Mark 7:13). Is this slow shift from the Spirit to the Letter inevitable? "Have our denominations shifted from their spirit of mission to the letter of institution?" wonder Fitch and Holsclaw as they talk about the past and future of denominations and our place within them.

FROM THE *MISSIONAL COMMONS* hosted by Northern Seminary and Ecclesia Network. In this special episode, author, speakers and pastor Mandy Smith discusses how vulnerability and limitation is the true source of ministry effectiveness. Let us all learn to boast in our weakness. Check out her new book "The Vulnerable Pastor".

What you're NOT thinking about is often the most important thing about you. This is the impact of "ideology", the hidden assumptions that effect our thoughts and provoke our emotions. In this new episode David Fitch and Geoff Holsclaw talk about the "making of misunderstanding" caused by the different ideological assumptions we bring into our relationships and our churches. "Oh wretched humanity! Who will set us free from this body of Ideology? Thanks be to God through Jesus our (subversive) Lord!"

Has "manhood" been hijacked by a false sense of invulnerability? Has "masculinity" been defined by what it ISN'T, rather than what it really IS? These are the questions that Geoff Holsclaw and special guest Nate Pyle talk about as they wonder about what it might mean to be "Man Enough".

What is the focus of the Local Church? Should it focus on being...LOCAL? Dave and Geoff talk about the importance of practicing the presence of Christ in the neighborhoods we find ourselves. This special episode is the first time in front of a live audience.