The Tiger Woods scandal is obviously an international saga. It’s on everyone’s lips – and has made for spicy water cooler talk over the last few weeks.  Tiger is losing some of his large corporate sponsorship, Accenture being the first of what many feel won’t be the last.

How should Christians use the Tiger fiasco to point people to Jesus and the gospel?

1. Ask people why they care? Statistics tell us that infidelity is not uncommon, in fact more husbands cheat on their wives than don’t. Why is Tiger Woods unfaithfulness then cause for alarm? Is it because he’s a sports icon or is it because we really do believe there is a standard morality that each person should be subject to. And if there is a standard morality it demands there is Someone who established that law and holds humanity accountable to it.

2. Ask people why marital infidelity is wrong. Our culture preaches a subjective morality with the motto, “whatever feels good do it.” How then can we criticize Tiger for doing what feels good? Who decides that infidelity is wrong? You might say it’s wrong, but I feel differently and it really is all about how I feel. This can open up a discussion about common grace, and the fact that God has imprinted His standard upon our hearts. Which will hopefully give you an opportunity to lay out the gospel for them.

3. Tell people about God’s created goodness – He created marriage to be between one man and one woman. He intended marriage to be life long and monogamous. He instituted the covenant of marriage so that both the man and the woman could be fulfilled by one another. It’s only our rebellion toward Him and His created goodness that Has brought about the relational repercussions that so many (like Tiger and his family) have and are experiencing. Then tell them about Jesus and the gospel and His plan to restore His creation back to its intended created goodness.

4. Don’t elevate yourself above Tiger. Make it clear to your co-workers, friends, and family that it is only by God’s grace that you aren’t in the exact same boat (with far less publicity of course) and that it is only God’s grace that can restore such a terrible situation.

Here is a great article on this subject  by Dr. Albert Mohler

We produced a video for some of our outside supporters to give them a glimpse of what’s happening at Missio Dei. We have a personal introduction for each church that is supporting the work here, but we wanted to put the general portion up here for everyone else to view.
The question is presupposed…”what do you [...]

Matt Chandler, pastor of Village Church in Dallas, TX. talks candidly about his upcoming brain surgery. I encourage you to watch this and ask the Lord if there are areas of your life where you aren’t trusting Him.
via Video from Matt.

Read a great article at Christianity Today about a pioneer in the faith, Lesslie Newbigin. We owe much of our modern missional thinking to this man and his innovative thinking.
The Missionary Who Wouldn’t Retire

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Last week I attended an Acts 29 Conference (church planting bootcamp) at Sojourn Church in Louisville, KY. As I said in my summary of the conference the messages were amazing and well worth listening to.
The audio of the sessions is now available
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I think they are well worth the read if you have a desire to understand the missional church and it’s heart to reach the culture for the gospel.

A few of us from Missio Dei hit the streets of Old Town Fort Collins asking people that very question. The video is  prelude to our next Theology Pub where we will discuss this same subject.

I just returned from Louisville, KY where I attended an Acts 29 conference called Ambition at Sojourn Community Church.
I have been to a lot of ministry conferences over the years and not that those weren’t good because many of them were, but this event was simply amazing.
The theme of the conference was:
“It has always been [...]