Monday Discussion Peter K Nelson is a friend and now the pastor of a wonderful church in Goshen, Pennsylvania outside Philadelphia (my favorite and hometown city!). In 2010 he published a book on Spiritual Formation that I have found helpful and which breathes a great spirit of pastoral care. I asked Peter if he would … More Spiritual Formation: When Am I Going to be Holy?
Friday Monday is for Discussion Over a year ago, Ed Stetzer asked me to jump into a discussion about the ministry of the Holy Spirit outside the Church (see here). Specifically, is the Holy Spirit at work in the world outside of the Church? At a number of levels, the question might at first sound … More Is the Holy Spirit at Work Outside the Church?
Monday is for Discussion Can the word “salvation” be substituted for “conversion?” Is conversion an event or a process? Does conversion happen at a point in time or is it a process over time? Put your finger on the text of God’s word and start the discussion.
Monday is for Discussion Great day yesterday as New Song Church in Bolingbrook, IL celebrated its 20th anniversary as a church planting church. It was great to go back, three years after I resigned to invest my remaining years in training and mentoring church planters. We saw old friends, heard some great testimonies, witnessed some … More Why Don’t More Churches Build Church Planting into Their DNA?
Monday Discussion How many servants of God have I met in my 38 years as a Christian who are paralyzed by past mistakes? Too many to count. But we are a people who are “in Christ”, we stand forgiven, our lives have been redeemed, our Lord has promised to restore the years that the locust … More Rut, Rot or Personal Revival?
Monday Discussion Back in April, I posted an update on The Gospel Coalition conference held in Chicago and made a promise about about a conversation I had with Matt Chandler (Check the Link here). At that time, much of the buzz in the culture, both Christian and secular culture was Rob Bell’s book, its universalistic tendencies and … More Rob Bell Back in the News
Monday Discussion The educator John Dewey has done a lot of damage to the educational system of America, in my opinion, but in one thing he was absolutely right. The best and most effective time to teach something is when the students sense the need and are ready to learn. He once told the story … More Missing the Moment in Discipleship
Weekend Musings “But be doers of the word and not merely hearers who delude themselves.” (James 1:22) It was a problem in the first century so our problem (in the American church) is not new. Two questions: “Why do we have so many deluded Christians?” “What can we do about it?”
Monday Discussion I have stopped praying for non-Christians to come to faith. That’s a little bit overstated, but not much. I stopped praying for them because I love them. I stopped praying for them because it is too easy and unproductive. I stopped praying for them because I think there is a more effective way … More Why I Stopped Praying for Non-Christians
Monday Discussion Two of the neighbors are having parties. There are back yard tents, cars up and down the street, kids are playing in the street and it got me thinking … I’ve witnessed this scene before…, this black family on our left having a party; this Muslim family on our right having a BBQ; … More Starting Parties for Jesus and Your Neighbor’s Joy
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