Month: March 2018

Testing Your Manhood

March 29, 2018

In response to an interview question, “What is a great lover?” the Actor Ricardo Montalban, famously replied,  “A great lover is someone who can satisfy one woman her entire lifetime and be satisfied with one woman his entire lifetime. It is not someone who goes from woman to woman; any dog can do that.”  Montalban … More Testing Your Manhood

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Are You a Church Marketer or a Missionary?

March 28, 2018

Some of you who follow this blog know that Michael Frost and I don’t always see eye to eye. We are sometimes sandpaper to one another’s personalities. But Michael is a brother in Christ who I appreciate nevertheless, and one whose thoughts and production are worth considering.  Some 15 years ago now, Michael and Alan … More Are You a Church Marketer or a Missionary?

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Growing a Church that Does More than Cook Fish

March 28, 2018

Excerpt: “Churches assembled by such a process in both cases are evangelistically challenged. They may believe the gospel. They may preach the gospel on Sunday mornings in their “services” but they have formed not around new believers and their nascent faith but around the felt needs of the already converted and their desire to grow … More Growing a Church that Does More than Cook Fish

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Weep Over the Greatness of the Gospel

March 19, 2018

Those of you who know me know that I am an unabashed, constant propagandist for missionary biographies. There is such wonder and glory wrapped up in the stories of simple faithfulness, even through tragedy and heartbreaking loss.  When faithful believers in obedience to Christ tell others of the wonder of the Savior and trust God to work, … More Weep Over the Greatness of the Gospel

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