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America is caught up (and has been for quite some time) in a culture war of the kind of nation it will be or become.…
Continue reading → When the Cultural Climate Gets Political How Does the Church Stay Missional?
This is a post that I co-wrote with Ed Stetzer regarding our "Listening Call" with Lausanne Movement leaders from across North America. As part of…
Continue reading → The Most Significant Gaps in Reaching North America
This article originally appeared in OutreachMagazine.com. Paul exhorts believers, as they offer their bodies as living sacrifices, to not be conformed to the ways of…
Continue reading → Renewed Thinking in Post-Everything Society
Well we are less than 48 hours to Election Day 2020. I’m sure you, like many, are ready for some respite from such a political…
When it comes to the church’s cultural engagement—how the church participates in the missio Dei—there’s not one clear and cut definition or description that Christians have…
This is an article that I co-wrote with Ed Stetzer. It originally appeared on The Exchange. The phrase, “The Kingdom of God,” has been in…
Continue reading → The Kingdom of God and the Supreme Court of the United States
This article originally appeared on The Exchange with Ed Stetzer. Growing up I loved watching the Back to the Future trilogy. I’ve found myself over the years…
This post originally appeared first in Outreach Magazine and later posted to their website. We live in an interesting cultural moment. The church, which once…
Continue reading → The Church’s Prophetic Witness in a Post-Christian World
After almost two months of a nation-wide lockdown, states are slowly reopening—or at least some states. From all appearances, it seems the decision to “reopen”…
Therefore, what churches do in the coming days, weeks, and months cannot be solely for their good—it must be for glory of God and the good of others. As God’s people, churches should seek the peace and prosperity of the states, cities, and communities in which he sent us.
Josh Laxton 