Monday Missional Discussion Tonight, Super Bowl Sunday, the whole nation paused to be entertained for a whole day. Amazing. Congratulations by the way to all the Green Bay fans in your win and to Steeler fans for a fine season. We invest super bowl-weekend with such significance and time and money. I still remember years … More Asking Serious Questions About Ultimate Issues
Monday Discussion “For these faithful believers, the name “Christian” was much more than just a general religious designation. It defined everything about them, including how they viewed both themselves and the world around them. The label underscored their love for a crucified Messiah along with their willingness to follow Him no matter the cost. It … More Which is the Better Word for a Christian: Slave or Servant?
Monday Discussion “Suppose a newly planted first century congregation in Alexandria, Egypt wrote a letter to the apostles in Jerusalem.” So begins the first chapter of editor Steve Atkerson’s 2005 book, ekklesia: To the Root of Biblical House Church Life. He continues … Imagine that this church consisted of Jewish believers who had heard the … More Is Apostolic Tradition Obsolete?
Monday Discussion This is another gem passed on to me from my gem of a wife from the pen of A.W. Tozer. How we need this perspective so that our prayers for those we seek to reach would be consistent, passionate, and unwearied. Evangelism: Only the Spirit Can Give Sight But even if our gospel … More Evangelism: Only the Spirit of God Works the Miracle We Need
In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. and his vision of a character united society, I offer this PDF file to a chapter I wrote for the 2009 book edited by John Fuder and Noel Castellanos, A Heart for the Community: New Models for Urban and Suburban Ministry. To purchase the book click here. It … More Towards a Character-United-Society and the Dream of Martin Luther King, Jr.
This is one the top 5 posts from 2010 that I thought would have garnered more discussion. It was a post designed to be controversial and so it wasn’t surprising when a few people jumped into the discussion. What was surprising was how few jumped in given the mammoth ministries these two men have. Maybe … More John MacArthur and Joel Osteen Pastor the Same Type of Church (2)
Friday is for Heart Songs Some time ago, I had the idea of working on a book proposal for my publisher on a book that would explore “INTENSELY LOCAL” ministry. Later, I worked on some new material for what we are calling “Go Training” at the church. For that reason, I was happy to go … More Pressing the Flesh in the Neighborhood
Monday Discussion The year draws to a close. A new year approaches, peaking over the horizon this coming Friday. Who will hear the gospel from you this next year? How will they hear it? How will they see it? How will they experience it? There are some that God will place in your path this … More Some Good Questions for the New Year
Monday Discussion Coach John Wooden is viewed by many as the greatest college basketball coach of all time. His coaching, his players and his team were characterized by unrelenting high and clear standards. Some of his team rules had nothing to do with basketball. They just had to do with being a team. “Coach Wooden … More Unrelenting High and Clear Standards
Monday Discussion We don’t need to plant churches. We need to plant church-planting churches. We need to plant churches that replicate themselves as part of how they define health and obedience to Christ. As Ed Stetzer and Warren Bird write in Viral Churches: We want to lay the foundation for an out-of-control replication of new … More We Don’t Need to Plant Churches
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