Six realities that have to be faced up to about the American Church and two dreams that should burden our prayers. Source: Six Realities and Two Dreams for the American Church
Tuesday is for Reflection Why do we neglect confession of sin in the church? There would be no Church if the God did not lead us to confess our need for a Savior. There is therefore no way to escape the admission by the members of churches to acknowledge that they are sinners. We are … More Bonhoeffer on Humility and Confession
As I work on this week’s message from 2 Chronicles 15, God led me back to this post from 2010. Every text, of course, challenges our devotion to Christ and the gospel, and every text should lead back to the cross, even Old Testament texts. This week’s message is the second in a series called … More “I Used to Like Jesus …”
The Church in America is so entangled with the culture, so mesmerized trying to be “hip” that it is losing all doctrinal integrity. At the same time, some churches are so doctrinally precise and all relationship and relevance is looked down upon. Our churches need a marriage between doctrinal orthodoxy and warm-hearted practical faith. For … More Speaking the Language of the Culture as the Church Dies
Monday is for Discussion (the following was posted 7 years ago) [I started this post back in early July and I’m just getting back to it now.] Turns out 60K on a 40 pound bike is about the limit for my 60 year old bones. I am completely wiped. But I also got to pray … More Lessons from the Saddle of My Bike
Monday is for Celebration I’ve never made a bucket list but if I did, meeting these four men would be on my list. All of them are Jewish in heritage. David Berlinsky Michael Medved Dennis Prager Benjamin Netanyahu They are all over the map in terms of their commitment to Judaism. Berlinsky is a mathematician/philosopher … More Four Jewish Men I Would Love to Have as Friends
Friday Musings “Christian.” “I am a Christian.” “I am not ashamed of the Gospel.” “I am a follower of Christ.” Those words have gotten many people killed down through the centuries. It’s part of the cost of being a follower of the Prince of Peace. Jesus promised that it would happen (cf. Mt. 5:11; 10:23; … More Invited to Live by Dying
This is a blast from the past, 5 years ago, but a book well worth reading by any leader who wants their church to be more empowering to the volunteers that make almost everything happen in the local church. Short review. For more see: Brief Review of The Starfish and the Spider by Ori Brafman
Thursday is for Church Planting Ed Gross is a friend and fellow trainer of church planters. I saw a slightly shorter version of this on his FaceBook™ feed and asked him if I could post it here as a guest blog post. He agreed, after taking a day “to clean it up a bit.” The … More Stop Being Impressed with the Size of Churches (large or small)
Wednesday is for Prayer Sleep is over-rated. One hour, and then toss, switch sides, too hot, toilet, a thousand thoughts, turn them into prayers, what was that sound?, more thoughts, more prayers, give up, rise up, light on, rearrange bed, locate Bible, listen to the voice of God. Last night, reading, praying, meditating on Psalm … More The King and a Blade of Dry Grass (a meditation)
