The Band Meeting by Kevin Watson and Scott Kisker is a small book, just 172 pages (Seedbed Publishing). I consider it the most significant book of 2017. The book’s subtitle: Rediscovering Relational Discipleship in Transformational
What does the Bible teach about repentance? Read these seven quick points to discover a biblical summary of this essential Christian practice.
Advent focuses on God’s entrance into our struggles with life. The anxiety of life in the flesh and the knowledge that every human being must face: life is a fragile gift, here one minute gone the next.
Fully known. Fully loved. This is what is already ours in Christ, and what we can experience in transformative small groups called band meetings.
What is a band meeting and what is its purpose? In this video, Scott Kisker and Kevin Watson share the why behind their recent book, The Band Meeting: Rediscovering Relationship Discipleship in Transformational Community.
When we serve the poor, a mutual exchange of blessings is incurred, and in the process, both parties meet with Jesus.
Being pruned is rarely ever a pleasant experience, but Adam Weber shares why God prunes even the most faithful Christians.
Sometimes we really want to learn, to grow, to love. But, it can be hard to know how to start. Heather Celoria shares how to begin a life of self-awareness that roots out the evil of racism in our hearts.
Tithing: what really affects the way people give? David Rash explains how tithing originates with the work of the Holy Spirit in our lives.
We always want to appear as if we have everything under control. Patricia Taylor shares how messy buns taught her to let go of her tight-fisted grip on appearances.
The most important book of 2016 is The Patient Ferment of the Early Church: The Improbable Rise of Christianity in the Roman Empire, by Alan Kreider (Baker Academic, 2016, 321 pp.). I say this after
Worship Leaders are more than just the person who chooses the song and plays it with a band. Daniel Rife shares some of the things good worship leaders do to turn a song from music to worship.
