Saturday Musings Jesus is the pearl of great price. The gospel of Christ is the treasure in the field. May we never recover from the wonder and the demands of grace. “Such grace is costly because it calls us to follow, and it is grace because it calls us to follow Jesus Christ. It is costly … More The Cost of Grace
Saturday Musings and Reflections “… it is imperative for the Christian to achieve renunciation, to practise self-effacement, to distinguish his life from the life of the world.” —Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship, 44. Why does Bonhoeffer believe that it is imperative that Christians be different from the world? Why is it important that Christians … More Echoing Jesus, Bonhoeffer Speaks
Saturday Musings “Justice and power must be brought together, so that whatever is just may be powerful, and whatever is powerful may be just.” —Blaise Pascal Perhaps we should have all police departments in America and around the world study the moral philosophy of Blaise Pascal? Come to think of it, maybe we should have … More Justice and Power
Saturday Musings So last Sunday you heard your pastor open up the word of God for you and your family. Chances are high that at your church, someone spent between 10-30 hours that week working on understanding a text in its original language and cultural setting, interpreting the text, meditating and praying over a text, … More What are You Going to Do with that Sermon You Heard Sunday?
Friday Musings “The discipling process seeks to deliver people, develop them, and deploy them into the harvest field. Making disciples is the only way to develop healthy Christians who reproduce themselves in their own home area.” —Bill Hull, p. 13 The Disciple Making Church It is simple. The church is to make disciples. If … More Deliver, Develop, Deploy to Change the World
Saturday Musings Settlers or Sojourners? is the fifth and also the second shortest book that I have written. But it has a long history. About 15 years ago, I was invited to speak at a symposium on multi-ethnic ministry. The church I was pastoring at the time had been a pioneer in multi-ethnic ministry in … More 23 countries of Birth in One Church
Saturday Musings The weather was beautiful today. A 50 degree day in January with spotty sunshine is a good day to get some exercise on the bike. So I came home from work, told my bride I was hitting the road, dressed warm and took a short ride of seven+ miles. It was a good … More First Ride of the Year
Saturday is for Reflection How do our lives get cluttered and distracted, and out of whack, disjointed, misdirected, unpurposed, uninspiring, unfocused, unfulfilling, unsatisfying, and joyless? How do we head off with great passion to love and serve God and lose our way when the path is so clearly marked? Jesus could not have been clearer: … More The Clutter that Obscures Christ
Saturday Musings The following is excerpted from the book Picking a President: Or Any Other Elected Official (2012). I’m reediting the book for a new release and this portion from chapter 28 seemed relevant for where our nation is at. When a land transgresses, it has many rulers, but with a man of understanding and … More Stalling the Judgment of God
Quotes You’ll Love Some are short. Some are long. Some, the truth hits hard and fast. Others, the wisdom within the quote requires some reflection. But all of them will help you think better about your culture, the gospel and the interface between the two. “Anomie: A situation in which a society is not governed … More Great Quotes for the Weekend
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