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Four Important Applications of Chris Brauns’ “Principle of the Rope”

A post from my Monday morning column at Zondervan’s ministry blog, Engaging Church. The post continues our discussion from last week on our “boundedness.” In his new resource Bound Together Chris explores “the simple truth that our lives,...

Is Your Ministry Model Option A, B, or C? Why Randy Pope Is Bringing Option D Back to the Local Church

by Jeremy Bouma | Uncategorized

A post from my Monday morning column at Zondervan’s ministry blog, Engaging Church. This one is on the types of ministry models we employ. Yes models are generalizations, but without them no one can realize a dream and vision for a preferred future. So how are...

What’s Your Mark? Every Moment Counts, Your Life Matters

by Jeremy Bouma | Life

Ever since Resurrection Sunday this year I’ve been continually struck by this reality: Because Jesus lives we’ve got hope and we’ve got work to do. Because Jesus really is alive—not spiritually or existentially alive as some would say—not only does...

Chris Brauns’s “Principle of the Rope” and What It Mean’s We’re “Bounded Together”

by Jeremy Bouma | Ministry

A post from my Monday morning column at Zondervan’s ministry blog, Engaging Church. (Read the full column HERE.) A few weeks ago I heard about a pastor whose multi-year affair with a member of his church was finally uncovered. Unfortunately it’s a story...

Why John Piper’s Wrong On The Minneapolis Bridge Collapse (and Oklahoma Tornado)

by Jeremy Bouma | Christian Spirituality, Church Culture, Life

The day after a Cat 5 tornado devastated parts of Oklahoma, former pastor John Piper tweeted this verse from the Book of Job, which he has since removed from his feed: I wouldn’t have thought anything of this except Piper has a history of making insensitive,...