The Engaging Cycle

Fundamental 1 to the Engaging Cycle

This site is meant to be a focus point for the next stage in the development of the Church (by which we mean the “Capital C” Church and all its denominations). We can all thrash out the dozens of reasons for how we got here through all these machinations of the last “Broadcast Cycle” of the church. But moving on requires getting down to the fundamentals of why we are even here, the point…

Let me point to some of the videos from John Mark Comer who is at the front end of this movement of what they are calling “Practicing the Way” of Jesus: www.practicingtheway.org. You can listen to the first step here at the podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/john-mark-comer-teachings/id1592847144?i=1000540863434 So, where does it start? Commitment to what is right and willingness to leave behind the baggage of the past. John Mark makes an important point from one of his heroes:

“The general human failing is to want what is right and important, but at the same time not to commit to the kind of life that will produce the action we know to be right and the condition we want to enjoy. This is the feature of human character that explains why the road to hell is paved with good intentions. We intend what is right, but we avoid the life that would make it a reality.”
– Dallas Willard

Intentions are interesting information, but action is what matters… Ready to stand out and take some action???

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‎John Mark Comer Teachings: Practicing the Way | Practicing the Way Vision Series E1 on Apple Podcasts ‎Show John Mark Comer Teachings, Ep Practicing the Way | Practicing the Way Vision Series E1 - 5 Nov 2021

268 times??? Today's blog:

268 Times??? - The Engaging Cycle “Disciple” is used 268 times in the New Testament??? During the Broadcast Cycle of the church, all they talked about was converting people to be Christians, too bad they didn’t check their Bibles. The total number of times the word “Christian” is used in the New Testament? Three… Yes, 3,...

Incredible podcast from the guys at Church Pulse Weekly, talking a bit about the latest Barna data and the church, but their guests were Amy Gannett & Justin Kendrick, who sit down with Carey Nieuwhof and David Kinnaman to talk about why theology matters for the next generation, the limitations of program-centered church models and why leaders can never graduate from discipleship…

‎ChurchPulse Weekly: 092 | Church Planters, Amy Gannett & Justin Kendrick, on Theology and the Next Generation, What We're Missing About Discipleship, and How We Value Programs Over People on Apple Podcasts ‎Show ChurchPulse Weekly, Ep 092 | Church Planters, Amy Gannett & Justin Kendrick, on Theology and the Next Generation, What We're Missing About Discipleship, and How We Value Programs Over People - 15 Dec 2021

https://engagingcycle.com/uncategorized/2021-top-searches-on-google/

2021 Top Searches on Google? - The Engaging Cycle The 15th of December has now become when all the social media and digital impact sites release their results for the year. Basically who did what and where. It gives a pretty good view of a whole lot of the culture as it is right now. And what does it value? All sides of “Engagement”. […]

The Times They Are-A-Changin...
Pretty famous song from 40 years ago, but more relevant today than ever... One common thread of every time cycle that changes, across history, is the number of people who virtually revolt against the changing of that particular time cycle... Great talk from Kyle Ransom at Crossroads Church in Cincinnati that started out to be about the angel Gabriel breaking the news to both Elizabeth and the virgin Mary about babies. However, what he really came to tell these people is that the "times" had just totally changed. And the bearer of this news was none other than Gabriel himself. If you have a few minutes **Click Below** to listen to it.

The important note though is that "times" really do change, and now is one of them. We expect that only a minority will actually embrace it, but then it doesn't take a lot of people in this area to change the tilt of the earth...
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/crossroads-church/id254202585?i=1000544602860