Month: December 2011

Discipleship, Attributes of God, Top Ten Church Risks, Idolatry, Tim Keller and more

December 9, 2011

Weekend links Some good links here. Can’t vouch for all of them, can’t agree with all of them, but all of them will make you think. Growing as a Leader of God’s Church Five Attributes of a Church in Decline (Tony Morgan) Top Ten Risks Associated with Churches (EFCA NATIONAL) Feeding the Beast of Idolatry … More Discipleship, Attributes of God, Top Ten Church Risks, Idolatry, Tim Keller and more

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Helping Your People Embrace the Mission of God

December 9, 2011

#4 Cultivate a Winning Team Atmosphere of Expectancy and Cooperation –God is calling people from every nation, tribe and tongue into his forgiven and forever family that he calls his church. Cultivate a “the gates shall not prevail against us” attitude. God is for us who can be against us. Help your people remember that God wins. … More Helping Your People Embrace the Mission of God

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What If We Did Spiritual Formation Like Jesus?

December 7, 2011

Thursday is for Discipleship How Did Jesus Make Disciples? I think we can see the outlines of the process in the pages of the gospels. The term I use to describe that process is “intentional withness.” There was a “with me” quality to Jesus’ interaction and training of the disciples. Jesus choose them, then spent no … More What If We Did Spiritual Formation Like Jesus?

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Pastors in America are Failing Their Congregations

December 6, 2011

The mail just arrive and  I just read the story of a young pastor in Pennsylvania giving props to his seminary in an interview conducted for the seminary’s constituents. Somehow, though I have never attended this particular seminary, I am on the mailing list. Here’s one of the questions in the interview: What are you … More Pastors in America are Failing Their Congregations

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Evaluating “Spiritual Formation”: Is it a better term than “Making Disciples?”

December 4, 2011

Musing on Saturday.  (3 minute read) Why Spiritual Formation is a Bad Substitute for Discipleship Here’s my take on why the substitution of the term “spiritual formation” for “discipleship,” is not an improvement and actually exacerbates a problem the Church in America already has with the term discipleship. If we were to survey most American … More Evaluating “Spiritual Formation”: Is it a better term than “Making Disciples?”

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