Monday Discussion Seth Godin said this at his blog recently: People don’t care how much you offer them. They care about whether you exceeded their expectations. If you want to delight, if you want to create a remarkable experience, if you want people to talk about you or buy your stock, the secret is simple: give them … More Seth Godin on Expectations
Monday Discussion In a post last week, my friend Ed Stetzer wrote: “If you have a group of people who gather together to listen to Bible teaching and that’s the only thing that they do, you’ve created a room full of consumers—whether it has 20 seats or 20,000 seats. But if instead you take that … More Missional Smishional! Mega/Micro! Get on with it Church!
Monday Discussion “Reality TV” shows are all the rage. Survivor, Jersey Shore, Fear Factor, The Amazing Race, Beauty and the Geek, Big Brother, Biggest Loser, Bachelor Pad, Bachelor, and Bachelorette are just the tip of the tip of the iceberg. If you type in “Reality TV shows list” in your Google browser, the list goes on … More Bachelor and Bachelorette: Designed Romantic Destruction
Monday Discussion Five foundational principles to transform your relationships with non-Christians. 1. Cultivate the value of caring. Luke 10:25-37 —Many of us think we care for others because we have no animosity toward others. But Jesus knows better. He knows that caring is only proved in the willingness to sacrifice for others. We are all … More How to Get to Know Non-Christians
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Friday Musings A friend passed on this simple tool to me about 30 years ago. I rediscovered it’s usefulness in the last decade and have been using it to train others as well as in my own disciple-making efforts. Here’s what it looks like: [Size of the Card is 5.5″ x 4″] The objective is … More A Simple Tool to Help You Make Disciples
Monday is for Discussion Looking more closely at what God did with the Ethiopian Eunuch. Here are the facts as we know them: He is from Ethiopia (vs. 27) He is a Eunuch (vs. 27) –probably by choice rather than physical cutting or birth else he would not be able to enter the Temple (Assuming … More Learning to Trust the Spirit from the Ethiopian Eunuch
Our Big Problem For some time I have been convinced that a big problem in the American Church is that we have a mindset that implies that Jesus can be added to our already basically intact worldview. I am convinced this is a faulty way of thinking about discipleship. Jesus doesn’t want to be added … More Stop Adding Jesus to Your Life!
Monday Discussion My son is the third “Marty” in the family. I am the junior and my Dad is the leader of the band. Dad lives in heaven now but his son and his namesake, my son, still roam the earth and seek to honor the Lord my Dad now sees face to face. Marty … More How Poets Change the World–They Inspire Us toward Passion
Monday is for Discussion Terry Ivy, a friend with a fantastic ministry training church planters via the internet in India, wrote a great post titled What Kind of Leaders are We Creating? Recently, I have had some opportunity to reflect on both his post and my response to it through some men that I’m mentoring. … More Eight Ways to Develop Young Leaders
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