Tuesday is for Preaching It was the week I started a three week series at Chinese Christian Union Church in Chinatown the year before I became a consultant at Trinity Church in Watseka, IL. That Sunday the message was “The Repentance of a Man of God.” Their new pastor was going to arrive shortly and I … More The Precipice-Closeness of Spiritual Bankruptcy
Monday Discussion I am convinced that the church needs to re-learn how to be the church in the neighborhood. Thirty-five years of seeker-sensitive, seeker-targeted methodology has created congregations that have no ability to herald the gospel and who can do little more than invite people to programs. Our people need to be retaught, after the … More Living for the Gospel-Good of Our Neighbors
Sunday Musings “Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see and be satisfied.” (Isaiah 53:11) “The happiness of Christ’s exalted state consists, in a great degree, in the pleasure of seeing the designs of His death accomplished in the conversion and salvation of sinners. … See the strength of the love of Jesus! If … More The Sufferings of Christ and His Joy in Our Salvation
Twenty Five Percent of the Men Had Led Someone to Christ in the Previous Three Years. Pressed the “Random Post” button on the wordpress tool bar and this one came up. Always exciting to revisit the wonders of what God has done.
Weekend Links This weekend there are more than a few controversial links. But fortunately, nothing related to the depressing scandals coming out of Penn State. All the links will make you pause and think. They did for me. But that doesn’t mean I agree with all the conclusions. Engaging with Science and Technology Al Mohler, … More Al Mohler; Woody Allen; T.D. Jakes; Doctrine; Thanksgiving; and Idolatry
Tuesday Musing About a decade ago, I was musing about the content of a DMin class I just took the week before and thinking about Jesus and primary commands for leaders. What would be the top three commands for disciple/leaders that Jesus gave? (My friend, John Nunnickhoven, added a fourth in the comments.) Confining ourselves … More What are the Top Three Commands of Jesus to Leaders?
Thursday is for Discipleship “Lower the bar on what it means to be a church. Raise the bar on what it means to be a disciple.” –Neil Cole Whatever you think of the overall approach of Neil Cole [That’s Neil pictured on the right.] and the Organic Church movement, this mantra is hard to argue … More What Does it Mean to “Raise the Bar on What it Means to be a Disciple”?
Wednesday is for Prayer The words of Bonhoeffer, because we tend to forget what is most basic to the Christian life of humility and service. We tend to forget to “seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness.” (Matthew 6:33) “The cross is laid on every Christian. The first Christ-suffering which every man must … More A Christian Never Lays Down His Cross.
Tuesday is for Preaching If you read this post today I want to invite you to leave just two comments. From your perspective, what is the best and worst thing about preaching, as you have experienced it, that you can think of? If you are a preacher, pastor, teacher, or the one who is taught … More The Best and Worst Thing about Preaching
Parables Still Teach Very Well. Francis Chan and the Big Red Tractor.
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