Monday Discussion “The perfect church service would be one we were almost unaware of; our attention would have been on God.” “As long as you notice, and have to count the steps, you are not yet dancing, but only learning to dance.” —Clive Staples Lewis, Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer, 4. Question: Does the … More Learning the Dance that is Worship
Friday is for Heart Songs I have become increasingly convinced that there is too much triviality in my life. Too much attention paid to inconsequential things. Too much worry and striving for things that a man ought to just let happen, if they are to happen at all. My remedy is that I am going … More The Fellowship of Dead Saints
Monday is for Discussion I have posted on the doctrine of the Trinity a number of times recently reflecting my growing concern about the lack of clarity in the modern church’s thinking and verbiage related to the doctrine. I hear layman, leaders and even pastors sometimes saying too little and sometimes too much, using illustrations … More Does the Trinity Matter?
Weekend Musings The people at Lutheran Satires have done a good job with this animated short film about bad analogies for the Trinity. (Mild warning: Includes an unnecessary crass moment at the end which unfortunately is too true of too many Irish Americans.) The broad outline of what would become the Athanasian Creed were laid … More Bad Analogies for the Trinity
Weekend Links The sun is shining and the people of Washington have a good day for all the help that is arriving to begin the process of putting their material and emotional lives back together. We have teams of people going from our church as do many other churches in the area. It is a … More Homeschoolers Better Socialized; Pedophile Rights?!; Hunger Games Warnings; The Creep of Totalitarianism; and much more
Weekend Links Still training church planters up in Mount Prospect but here is a set of links I prepared through out the week. Enjoy. Defending the Faith My Classmate Bart Erhman’s Hopeless Response to Suffering (Mark Williams—a good collection of links related to the problem of suffering.) A Plea to Pastors and Elders to Train … More Wussification of Boys; Bart Ehrman; Dishonesty; War against Christians; C.S. Lewis; Chastity;
Thursday is for Discipleship Can a person be a good Christian and not be highly committed to Christ and his church? NO! There, I said it! However, if you cross out good, you could say a person can be a mediocre, disobedient, lousy, stagnant Christian and not be … More High Commitment in a Low Commitment World
Sharing Things Worth Sharing Another reason why missionaries are heroes to me and why I encourage reading missionary biographies, and going on mission and praying for missionaries. I can’t be home right now. Why?. (Short video)
Tuesday is for Preaching Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need to have anything written to you. 2 For you yourselves are fully aware that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. 3 While people are saying, “There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction will come … More The Second Coming of Christ Will be Horrific
Thursday is for Church Planting [Note: This particular post is now out of date but you can find more conferences and training opportunities at DCPI.org.] Dynamic Church Planting International is the most prolific and effective church planting organization around the world. Here’s a list of their upcoming training around the world. Anything I can do … More Most Prolific and Effective Church Planting Training Around the World
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