Fire On Your Head

This week we ask the question "revive what?".  What is revival and what is being revived?  We cut through the buzz words and discuss what this is and what it looks like in the Scriptures. We get into asking these questions from the get go and dive into 'outpouring' versus discipleship.  

If a real outpouring happened, would we be ready?  Would we even really want it?  What if God actually answered our romanticized prayers for a revival?  Would we be ready for it?

Join us this week as Steve Bremner has a sacred cow barbecue with a couple of insightful authors:  SJ Hill, international speaker and author of Enjoying God and previous recurring guest on the podcast, along with Dr Stephen R. Crosby, author of Revising Revival.

Related Links:

Visit www.sjhillonline.com for more about SJ Hill's ministry and resources

Visit www.swordofthekingdom.com to download or order Dr Crosby's books and go further into some of the stuff we only began to cover today.

Related Articles:

The Call For Revivalists - Dave Edwards

What Do You Mean by "Revival"? - Steve Bremner

Reforming Revival - Dr Crosby

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Join us this week for our podcast discussion with Mark Burgess, and Shaun Wissmann, both missionaries and serving in missional community in Chorrillos, Peru.

We shoot the breeze and discuss the differences between missional community and house churches. Is it just an alternative to "big churches?" What is a community on mission together? When the writer of Hebrews talks about not forsaking gathering together, is this referring to attending a weekly service, or something more profoundly missed in our modern context?

Mark and Shaun also brought up some very interesting points in this discussion, about how there is no 'magic silver bullet' to community, but it takes lots of time and hard work. Are you willing to put in the commitment and sacrifice? In launching missional communities, or in planting house churches, by and large, are we going to the pattern of Scripture for our foundation, or looking at the culture around us and mixing it in with our desires and preferences for what an MC is supposed to look like?

Other good articles by Mike Breen:

5 Essential Ingredients of a Missional Community

How Do You Build an Extended Family on Mission When Everyone is So Busy?

Recommended Books

Kingdom and Covenant,

Building a Discipling Culture and

Launching Missional Communities, by Mike Breen

Radical by David Platt

Don't forget to check out www.audibletrial.com/FireOnYourHead to download a free audio book of any of these titles.

If you'd like to subscribe to the Fire On Your Head Podcast, visit our directory in iTunes, or visit FireOnYourHead.com for more subscription options

Join us this week for our podcast discussion with Mark Burgess, and Shaun Wissmann, both missionaries and serving in missional community in Chorrillos, Peru.

We shoot the breeze and discuss the differences between missional community and house churches. Is it just an alternative to “big churches?”  What is a community on mission together?  When the writer of Hebrews talks about not forsaking gathering together, is this referring to attending a weekly service, or something more profoundly missed in our modern context?

Mark and Shaun also brought up some very interesting points in this discussion, about how there is no ‘magic silver bullet‘ to community, but it takes lots of time and hard work.  Are you willing to put in the commitment and sacrifice?  In launching missional communities, or in planting house churches, by and large, are we going to the pattern of Scripture for our foundation, or looking at the culture around us and mixing it in with our desires and preferences for what an MC is supposed to look like?

Other good articles by Mike Breen:

5 Essential Ingredients of a Missional Community

How Do You Build an Extended Family on Mission When Everyone is So Busy?

Recommended Books

Kingdom and Covenant,

Building a Discipling Culture and

Launching Missional Communities, by Mike Breen

Radical by David Platt

Don’t forget to check out www.audibletrial.com/FireOnYourHead to download a free audio book of any of these titles.

If you’d like to subscribe to the Fire On Your Head Podcast, visit our directory in iTunes, or visit FireOnYourHead.com for more subscription options

Have you ever been told you're in rebellion if you don't obey your leaders?

Have you ever been taught spiritual authority, that emphasized complicity with leaders for complicity's sake alone because, "they're above you?"

Or, have you ever been told you need to be "under a spiritual covering" or curses from God will fall on you?

If so, then have we got quite a discussion for you today.

Join us this week as Steve Bremner has a sacred cow barbecue with a couple of insightful authors:

SJ Hill, international speaker and author of Enjoying God and previous recurring guest on the podcast, along with Dr Stephen R. Crosby, author of Authority, Accountability and the Apostolic Movement.

We tackle this stuff today:

Do we base our idea of accountability on the Bible, or businesses or even the military?

Is accountability enforced or lived out by signing documents?

Does the Bible really teach pastors or leaders are superior in any way to the rest of the Body of Christ?

Related Links:

Visit www.sjhillonline.com for more about SJ Hill's ministry and resources

Visit http://swordofthekingdom.com to download or order Dr Crosby's books and go further into some of the stuff we only began to cover today.

Related Articles

Unconditional Obedience? by Steve Bremner

Authority Vs. Submission by Jordan Clist

Also don't forget to visit www.audibletrial.com/fireonyourhead.

If you'd like to subscribe to the Fire On Your Head Podcast, visit our directory in iTunes, or visit FireOnYourHead.com for more subscription options

Have you ever been told you’re in rebellion if you don’t obey your leaders?  

Have you ever been taught spiritual authority, that emphasized complicity with leaders for complicity’s sake alone because, “they’re above you?”  

Or, have you ever been told you need to be “under a spiritual covering” or curses from God will fall on you?  

If so, then have we got quite a discussion for you today.

Join us this week as Steve Bremner has a sacred cow barbecue with a couple of insightful authors:  

SJ Hill, international speaker and author of Enjoying God and previous recurring guest on the podcast, along with Dr Stephen R. Crosby, author of Authority, Accountability and the Apostolic Movement.

We tackle this stuff today:

Do we base our idea of accountability on the Bible, or businesses or even the military?  

Is accountability enforced or lived out by signing documents?  

Does the Bible really teach pastors or leaders are superior in any way to the rest of the Body of Christ?  

Related Links:

Visit www.sjhillonline.com for more about SJ Hill’s ministry and resources

Visit http://swordofthekingdom.com to download or order Dr Crosby’s books and go further into some of the stuff we only began to cover today.

Related Articles

Unconditional Obedience? by Steve Bremner

Authority Vs. Submission by Jordan Clist

Also don’t forget to visit www.audibletrial.com/fireonyourhead.

If you’d like to subscribe to the Fire On Your Head Podcast, visit our directory in iTunes, or visit FireOnYourHead.com for more subscription options

We’re finally back for our first podcast together in several months. Join Dave Edwards and Steve Bremner as they discuss Matthew 18, and what Scripture says regarding how to deal with a fellow brother and excommunication.

Why is the Church viewed as those who shoot their wounded rather than helping restore one another who are caught in a trespass?

With all the much ado being made about a certain large mega church having made members sign documents for ‘discipline’ in the name of adherence to Matthew 18, and all the opinion being spouted online in blogs and some news articles about the subject matter, we thought we’d give our two cents worth and spend time interpreted the whole of the chapter of Matthew 18 for context and ask if people properly apply the principles laid out in this chapter of the Gospels.

Related Articles:

Habitual Sin & Holy Ostracism – by Jerry Bolton

How Long Can You Hold Your Breath Underwater? &

Would You Cut off Your Hand If Your Life Depended On It? by Steve Bremner

So Close, Yet So Far – Thoughts On Religious Duty

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We’re finally back for our first podcast together in several months.  Join Dave Edwards and Steve Bremner as they discuss Matthew 18, and what Scripture says regarding how to deal with a fellow brother and excommunication.  

Why is the Church viewed as those who shoot their wounded rather than helping restore one another who are caught in a trespass?

With all the much ado being made about a certain large mega church having made members sign documents for ‘discipline’ in the name of adherence to Matthew 18, and all the opinion being spouted online in blogs and some news articles about the subject matter, we thought we’d give our two cents worth and spend time interpreted the whole of the chapter of Matthew 18 for context and ask if people properly apply the principles laid out in this chapter of the Gospels.

Related Articles:

Habitual Sin & Holy Ostracism – by Jerry Bolton

How Long Can You Hold Your Breath Underwater? &

Would You Cut off Your Hand If Your Life Depended On It? by Steve Bremner

So Close, Yet So Far – Thoughts On Religious Duty

Get a free audiobook from Audible when you sign up for a 30 day trial membership.

The ceilings of one generation become the floor the next generation stands on. Do you know the purpose of your generation? According to several surveys and studies, the current generation in America under the age of 30 outnumbers the Baby Boomer generation, and these are the ones who are going to be tomorrow’s leaders, innovators, politicians, and…..church leaders. But yet only 1 in 20 consider themselves spiritual or Christian. Dave Edwards and Steve Bremner discuss a bit of what living in a post Christian culture is starting to look like.

We also, primarily talk today about this current generation, as well as continue where we left off last week and talk about the messes of the gift of prophecy, and have safe environments to grow in the prophetic.

How do we deal with conflicting prophetic words from well-known credible men of God and church leaders, not the least of which includes dealing with when prophetic words never come to pass and they remove their prophecies from YouTube or their webpages?

How can we know when it’s OK to reject a Word someone gives us, AS they’re giving it to us, even if their track record is excellent?

Related Articles:

Prophetic Vision and Technological Advancement, Taking Hold of The Times, both posts by Dave Edwards

Are We Living in the Last Days?, The Church, Change, and Adapting, Spreading The Word: Would Jesus Go Viral?, 5 Reasons Why Pastors/Church Leaders NEED to Podcast, by Steve Bremner

Books We Mentioned or Recommended:

The Millennials – Thom & Jess Rainer

The Next Story – Tim Challies

You May All Prophesy – Steve Thompson

Developing Your Prophetic Gifting – Graham Cooke

Surprised By The Voice of the Spirit – Jack Deere

The Prophetic Call – Art Katz

The Prophets – Abraham Heschel

Free audio book from Audible when you sign up for a 30 day trial membership.

The ceilings of one generation become the floor the next generation stands on. Do you know the purpose of your generation?  According to several surveys and studies, the current generation in America under the age of 30 outnumbers the Baby Boomer generation, and these are the ones who are going to be tomorrow’s leaders, innovators, politicians, and…..church leaders.  But yet only 1 in 20 consider themselves spiritual or Christian. Dave Edwards and Steve Bremner discuss a bit of what living in a post Christian culture is starting to look like.

We also, primarily talk today about this current generation, as well as continue where we left off last week and talk about the messes of the gift of prophecy, and have safe environments to grow in the prophetic.

How do we deal with conflicting prophetic words from well-known credible men of God and church leaders, not the least of which includes dealing with when prophetic words never come to pass and they remove their prophecies from YouTube or their webpages?

How can we know when it’s OK to reject a Word someone gives us, AS they’re giving it to us, even if their track record is excellent?

Related Articles:

Prophetic Vision and Technological Advancement, Taking Hold of The Times,  both posts by Dave Edwards

Are We Living in the Last Days?, The Church, Change, and Adapting,  Spreading The Word: Would Jesus Go Viral?,  5 Reasons Why Pastors/Church Leaders NEED to Podcast,  by Steve Bremner

Books We Mentioned or Recommended:

The Millennials – Thom & Jess Rainer

The Next Story – Tim Challies

You May All Prophesy – Steve Thompson

Developing Your Prophetic Gifting – Graham Cooke

Surprised By The Voice of the Spirit – Jack Deere

The Prophetic Call – Art Katz

The Prophets – Abraham Heschel

Free audio book from Audible when you sign up for a 30 day trial membership.