Darryl Dash's Blog, page 57
August 7, 2021
Saturday Links
Curated links for your weekend reading:
5 Foundations That Lead to Compromise on Sexual Ethics
From what I’ve observed, most deconstructing Christians who shift on sexual ethics come from a faith background that has one (or more) of these precarious foundations.
With This Much Rot, There’s No Choice but to Deconstruct
Yes, deconstruction is risky. It always entails the danger of throwing out the baby with the bathwater. And as a church body, during these messy processes, it is our jo...
August 3, 2021
Why I Wrote 8 Habits for Growth
My first book, How to Grow, was written primarily for individuals who want to grow in their walk with God. I know some churches used it, but my sense is that most readers picked it up and read it on their own.
8 Habits for Growth is different. You can buy it and read it alone, but my deepest desire is that churches use it as a discipleship tool to help their people build discipling relationships within the church.
In the book, I write:
A good way to use this book is to work through ...
July 31, 2021
Saturday Links
Countdown: 3 Days until the release of 8 Habits for Growth. Preorder now to get the bonuses. Pastors: Please consider a group order if you’re interested in using this book in your church.
Curated links for your weekend reading:
What If Christian Ministry Was Really Complex?
Rather than being intimidated or terrified by the challenges of our context, recognising the complexity of the system can be an exciting invitation to lean into the gifts of God that are ours in Christ by the Spirit....
July 27, 2021
Why Start With Rest?
Five years ago, I began to work with my wife on a disciple-making plan for our church plant. We were reaching people who’d never practiced spiritual disciplines before, and I wanted to think about how to lead them to build the essential habits of the Christian life into their lives.
We started with a surprising habit: rest.
Technically, it’s the second habit, following one that talks about making time. We started with making time to build habits and then resting for a practical reason ...
July 24, 2021
Saturday Links
Countdown: 9 Days until the release of 8 Habits for Growth. Preorder now to get the bonuses. Pastors: Please consider a group order if you’re interested in using this book in your church.
Podcast: I enjoyed talking to Bill Mowry about decluttering and de-professionalizing disciplemaking on Gospel for Life podcast.
Curated links for your weekend reading:
At church, we believe on each other’s behalf.
Christians are campers. At least they should be. T...
July 20, 2021
Surprised by Oxford
I started reading Surprised by Oxford, and I couldn’t put it down.
Surprised by Oxford is the story of Carolyn Weber. At the beginning of the book, Weber is an undergraduate student in Canada who knows only one evangelical, a professor who “would have annoyed me, except for the fact that I respected him so much.” Shortly before this professor dies, Weber has a conversation with him that unsettles her and gets her thinking.
Weber is granted a Commonwealth Scholarship and begins her ...
July 17, 2021
Saturday Links
Podcast: I enjoyed talking to Micheal Kruger about his book Surviving Religion 101 on Gospel for Life podcast.
Curated links for your weekend reading:
The Seemingly Small Act of Knowing People’s Names Can Make a Big Difference
While learning names is work, it’s good work to do.
6 Reasons Christians Should Read More
Opening a good book also opens doors shut in our inexperience — and a whole lot of other wonderful things.
In Christ, in the service of...
June 29, 2021
8 Habits for Growth: A Simple Guide to Becoming More Like Christ
I’m excited to share the endorsements for my forthcoming book, 8 Habits for Growth: A Simple Guide to Becoming More Like Christ.
I’m grateful to each of the people who were kind enough to read and endorse the book.
If you’re interested in learning more, I’m also including the table of contents below. It releases on August 3. Special preorder bonuses are available now.
I like ebooks, but I especially recommend the paper version for this book. Moody has done a great job making it look rea...
June 26, 2021
Saturday Links
Podcast: I enjoyed talking to Dean Inserra about the new prosperity gospel on the Gospel for Life podcast.
Curated links for your weekend reading:
Pastors, you cannot just look at what is happening around you now. Work today for that day when you will finally be able to see your work.
Should the Church Operate Like a Business?
Simply put, local churches aren’t like businesses; they’re more like embassies of a great kingdom or a family in the same household.
June 22, 2021
The Psalm 1 Life
If I aspire to anything, it’s to live a Psalm 1 life.
Psalm 1 captivates me. It pictures two ways of life. There are only two ways, after all. We think there are more, but the choice before us is binary.
One is to listen to all the wrong voices, to be shaped by views of life that seem to make a sense of a lot of people. It’s to allow ourselves to be influenced by the zeitgeist, to be consumed with a constant diet of posts and media that drag us, slowly and imperceptibly, away from God....
