Bible Teacher. Pastor.Educator.

Students as Full time Christian Workers

"It seems to me that we could address the matter of spiritually unfit Christians from one of two approaches. We could address it like we address our problem with physically unfit Americans – build more health clubs, sell more fitness products, host more seminars and work hard to make sure everyone has a personal trainer. ........Let’s ask ourselves: “What are we calling students to that require them to be spiritually fit?”What if we called students to run the race of the mission of the gospel? What if every student in our care believed they were called to full-time ministry in their schools, jobs and neighborhoods and that every moment was a gospel ministry moment? What if we helped them see that the small group they were involved in was really a potential core group of a new church to be started in their community and eventually they were going to be the pastors? What if the church once again called her people, especially her teenagers, to get ready to be sent out to start new churches everywhere and they knew they had only a couple of years to get ready? I wonder - would they take their spiritual fitness and training a little more seriously? Would we? The race has already started. Let the training begin...-Jeff Vanderstelt is the lead elder of Soma Communities in Tacoma, Washington, and a breakout speaker at Shift 2008. He was also a contributor to the book, Impact: Student Ministry That Will Transform a Generation.]

Donald Miller

Download Donald_miller.mp3 Donald Miller delivers a sermon about story the  importance of viewing the bible as the story of God at one of my favorite churches; Mars Hill Church in Michigan. It was an excellent talk.