If the Great Commission of (Matthew 28:16-20) is a command and Jesus tells us to teach those who believe to obey all that he commanded how can we escape the implication that all who are reached are supposed to multiply (reach others / make disciples)? Here’s a simple tool that I learned years ago from … More How Does a Disciple Become a Multiplier?
Five Evaluation Questions for Your Church and You Does your church (and you) love pagans? Does your church know any pagans? Do the people in your church know how to meet pagans? Do the people of your church know how to talk to pagans? Do the people of your church know how to care for … More Five Evaluation Questions for Your Church Plant (or soul)
Monday Discussion Five foundational principles to transform your relationships with non-Christians. 1. Cultivate the value of caring. Luke 10:25-37 —Many of us think we care for others because we have no animosity toward others. But Jesus knows better. He knows that caring is only proved in the willingness to sacrifice for others. We are all … More How to Get to Know Non-Christians
Weekend Links An eventful week, painful for the whole country. Here are some links to issues that the church needs to wrestle with all the more as we see the effects of sin and rejection of the gospel in the stories coming out of Colorado this week. Keep those families effected in your prayers and … More Embracing Imperfection; Presidential election choices; Church Cannibalism; Dangerous Atheism; John Adams; Ross Douthat; and much more
Weekend Musings It has been exciting to see the rise and fall and rise again of my new book on the Amazon book rankings. I don’t know how many copies have actually been sold yet but it is encouraging to know that both the paperback and the kindle edition of Picking a President: Or Any … More An Exhortation to My Readers (and a request)
Weekend Links No time for a lot of annotation but I think you will find these links interesting. Obviously, I don’t agree with every post in totality but found all of them challenging and helpful. Whimsy Picking the All-TIme Best All Stars (Thomas Sowell—normally involved in much more cerebral pursuits, Thomas Sowell demonstrates that his … More Daughters and Dads; Chris Christie and the Supreme Court; Killing Sin with John Piper; Baseball; Fearful Pastors and more
Thursday is for Discipleship Four simple principles on how to develop a passion for your neighbors who don’t know Christ: STUDY THE WORD OF GOD. More specifically, study the missionary heart of God for the world. “There is no situation in your life, in your ministry, no situation in evangelism or personal relationship, where a … More How to Fall in Love with the People You are Trying to Reach for Christ
For such a time as now. The right time to think it through and change our direction. American Christians are More American than Christian.
Tuesday is for Preaching Just came into possession of a new book on preaching wisdom literature. My daughter and her husband gave me a copy of Douglas Sean O’Donnell’s The Beginning and End of Wisdom: Preaching Christ from the First and Last Chapters of Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Job. The title and subtitle are long but the book … More The Beginning and End of Wisdom
Picking a President: Or Any Other Elected Official (CrossBooks) The book is currently available in Paperback and Kindle formats as well as in Barnes and Noble Nook format. Get you copy before the next election. Order Paperback from Amazon here! Order Amazon Kindle Version here! or go directly to Crossbook.com and order whatever version you … More The Book is Available for Purchase on Amazon, Amazon Kindle, CrossBook Publishers, and …
