Spirituality

Spirituality is such a broad and intriguing topic! The Christian Church of today must grasp the complexities of being missional if it has any chance of being relevant in a rapidly changing culture. Alan Hirsch, Mike Frost, Christopher Wright, David Bosch and scores of others have taught on the fundamentals of  what mission and spirituality is, and the integral part that the church body has within the mission of God. 

Have a look at the following posts:

• Top 10 Missional Books you should read!
• Will someone who has never heard about Jesus go to hell?
• 10 Ways to Change the World
• The Greatest Question You Could Ever Ask
• 8 Reasons Why Churches Don't Grow 
• 10 Reasons Why People Don't Go to Church
• 10 Reasons Why People Don't Believe in God 
• The Incarnation, Incarnational Mission and its Dynamic Impact on the Church
• Mission in the Gospels - A Reflection on different articles.
• Incarnating the Gospel to subcultures. How far is too far?
• Common perceptions of the church from those outside the church

To resource and equip you in growing healthy churches and church planting, here are some links of some blogs on PeteBrookshaw.Com:

• Why Australians Don't Go To Church
• Can a Broken Church be Fixed?
• One Title Jesus Never Used to Define Himself
• 10 Reasons Why People Don't Go to Church
• Postmodernism and Modernism
• How to Cast out Demons without Shouting at the Devil
• Pete's Beginner's Guide to Attending Church
• The principles, tools and teachings of NCD by Christian Schwarz.
• The 6 elements of Apostolic Genius - the brainchild of Alan Hirsch.
• Henry Cloud and his helpful book called 'Necessary Endings'
• David Bosch's definition of Evangelism. An indepth look at evangelism.
• Syncretism - What is it? How do we avoid it?
• The Recipe for Growing Healthy Churches.
• Growing Healthy Churches - Some good links
• How to be a Sticky Church!
• Momentum in the local Church
• Jamie Oliver and the local Church
• Tips on how to stop whingeing and whining

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Christian Apologetics aims to provide some much needed answers to the difficult questions of Christian Faith.

If you would like to ask a pressing question about Faith - ask it below and I will seek to provide an answer for you or point you in the right direction.

Firstly, apologetics comes from the word 'apologia' which means defence. In short, Christian apologetics is about providing a defence of the Christian faith. Below are some blogs to read:

• What is the Difference between Post-Modernism and Modernism? Objective and Subjective Truth?
• Did Jesus Really Rise From the Grave? Evidence for the Resurrection.
• 'Five Views on Apologetics' Book - An overview of Apologetic Methodology.
• Richard Dawkins with the God Delusion and Alister McGrath's response.
• What is Karma? Do Christians believe in Karma?
• Is Christianity the better choice than other religions?
• Evidence that God exists. You decide.
• The New Atheism.
• Why I'm not an Atheist.
• The Cosmological Argument for the Existence of God.
• The Teleological Argument for the Existence of God.
• If God Exists, then why would he care?
• Where is God when it hurts? Why does God allow suffering? I unpack it here.
• Book Review on 'The God Delusion' - Richard Dawkins 

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