Bonhoeffer on Combatting Evil Thoughts, Building Better Relationships

January 23, 2015

Friday Musings Perhaps the perfect word for our media-saturated, insta-everything expression age in which we live. “Often we combat our evil thoughts most effectively if we absolutely refuse to allow them to be expressed in words. It is certain that the spirit of self-justification can be over come only by the Spirit of grace; nevertheless, … More Bonhoeffer on Combatting Evil Thoughts, Building Better Relationships

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Five Evaluation Questions for Your Church Plant (or soul)

January 20, 2015

This one created some push back both on the BLOG as well as in the FaceBook universe when it was first posted two years ago. But I still believe that these five questions need to be seriously addressed by both our churches and every one of us who claims Jesus as his or her Savior. … More Five Evaluation Questions for Your Church Plant (or soul)

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Three Modern Obstacles to Pastoring and Caring for the Flock

January 19, 2015

Three Obstacles to Pastoring and Caring for the Flock[1] The Individualistic Nature of the Culture.             Example:         An attitude that basically says, “It’s none of your business.”             Analysis:          The result is that people are islands of festering wounds. They are isolated, diseased, and .                    … More Three Modern Obstacles to Pastoring and Caring for the Flock

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Growing Downward While Looking Up

January 17, 2015

Saturday Musings John Piper describes Charles Simeon’s growth in grace this way: “he ‘grew downward’ in humility and upward in his adoration of Christ.” It was this dual and simultaneous growth that Piper attributes to Simeon’s never yielding to bitterness or to the temptation to never leave his congregation for 54 years. This, despite the … More Growing Downward While Looking Up

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Endurance: What Does it Take to Make You Quit?

January 11, 2015

Sunday Afternoon Musings Imagine a pastor whose congregation of wealthy members . . . refuse to come to church refuse to let anyone else sit in their pews remove chairs that are placed in the aisle so that standing visitors have to remain standing burn the chairs that someone else paid for for the visitors … More Endurance: What Does it Take to Make You Quit?

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