Can you name five barriers to being close enough, long enough for effective modeling to occur? Read the post before the question: Is This the Apostle Paul’s Discipleship Process?.
Sitting here watching the second half of the Army-Navy game and saw someone comment on this post from 2013. In honor of the game and my Navy veteran Dad, here’s a lesson on church growth from a naval episode in World War II. Misinformation is Deadly to Your Church.
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Wednesday is for Thinking This is a remarkable text that makes a statement about the ministry of Jesus in Jerusalem and the continuing ministry of the apostles after the resurrection that is stunning when you consider they had no signage, no speaker system, no flyers, and brochures, or leaflets or any other type of “advertising” … More What Will it Take to Fill Up Your Town with the Good News?
Encouragement for the Soul Continuing to meditate on one of the texts from lasts week’s message and had some further thoughts. What will rescue us from the depressions and desperations of our situation? When children distance themselves from us, or from the Lord, what will keep our hearts at rest? Your wife or husband is … More Beating Back Depression and Desperation
In a post sometime back I made the statement that American Christians are often more American than Christian. It seemed completely obvious and still does. American Christians are in love with their wealth and styles, often times, more than they are of Christ. We parrot American values rather than biblical values and we split churches … More American Christians are More American than Christian Revisited
Sunday Afternoon Musings “You can only learn what obedience is by obeying. It’s no use asking questions; for it is only through obedience that you come to learn the truth.” —Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship, 86. Bonhoeffer wrote these words in 1936 during the run up to the Second World War. Just as profound … More Obedience is Only Learned One Way – Bonhoeffer
Saturday Musing “Every revival in the history of the modern world has been grounded in an explosion of prayer and evangelism. In the time directly preceding an outbreak of spiritual revival, churches focus their energy and resources on congregational repentance, personal commitment to outreach, and preparation for the potential outpouring of God’s Holy Spirit upon … More Sobering, Convicting, Challenging
Couldn’t resist. Can’t wait till the first Dallas – Eagles game in week twelve.
Tuesday is for Thinking Found a new old word today. It has dropped out of use but we need to revive it for our time. BABBLEMENT (n.) “Senseless prattle” or “unmeaning words,” according to Webster. Seems like a perfect word for most of what appears on the Evening News, most of what comes out of … More Babblement — the perfect word for so much of our culture
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