Better Leaders; Better Churches; Better Christians; Joe Thorn; Obamacare; Black Pastors; Eric Metaxes;

July 7, 2012

Weekend Links The weekend and the weekend links have arrive. Enjoy. Building Better Leaders Talent is Never Enough (Leadership Freak—I just tried to make this point with a group of elders and staff in the last month. Well written and concise. Very helpful.) Preaching the Gospel to Yourself: Where the Pastor Needs to Start (Joe … More Better Leaders; Better Churches; Better Christians; Joe Thorn; Obamacare; Black Pastors; Eric Metaxes;

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What is the Collateral Damage of Your Preaching? Are you a babysitter or a prophet?

July 4, 2012

Sometimes we aim in one direction and hit something we never intended. This brief article from Kairos Journal challenges us not to fear the “collateral damage” that our preaching might produce in a culture that needs radical transformation. Are you a babysitter or a prophet? Collateral Damage 23 About that time there arose a great disturbance about … More What is the Collateral Damage of Your Preaching? Are you a babysitter or a prophet?

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A Plan for Preaching the Word Rather than Yourself

July 2, 2012

Tuesday is for Preaching Nine to Six Months Before I Preach Pray through the needs of the congregation. Talk to elders, small group leaders, my wife, the staff of the church for their sense of the needs. Select a book of the Bible to address those needs. Read and pray through the book a number … More A Plan for Preaching the Word Rather than Yourself

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Perplexing Leadership; John Piper; Emotional Intelligence; Myths about the Church; Tea Party Corrections; Homosexual Intolerance

June 30, 2012

Weekend Links There are two links below that I wish every Christian in America would take the time to read/hear. John Piper and Jonathan Parnell’s insight into the current state of the debate on Homosexuality in America, though brief, is brilliant. The link that follows it with two longer video’s of Doug Wilson’s recent lectures … More Perplexing Leadership; John Piper; Emotional Intelligence; Myths about the Church; Tea Party Corrections; Homosexual Intolerance

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Picking a President Book is at the Printer!

June 28, 2012

Finally! The book, Picking a President: (Or Any Other Elected Official) is at the printers and should be available at all fine bookstores by late July.  The book will be priced at $13.95 in paperback and $3.99 on Kindle. You will be able to order at Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, LifeWay Christian Bookstores and most … More Picking a President Book is at the Printer!

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Learning to Trust the Spirit from the Ethiopian Eunuch

June 24, 2012

Monday is for Discussion Looking more closely at what God did with the Ethiopian Eunuch. Here are the facts as we know them: He is from Ethiopia (vs. 27) He is a Eunuch (vs. 27) –probably by choice rather than physical cutting or birth else he would not be able to enter the Temple (Assuming … More Learning to Trust the Spirit from the Ethiopian Eunuch

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Killing Calvinism; Killing Sin; Dispensing with Good Enough; Suffering Well; and so much more

June 23, 2012

Weekend Links Weekend links for your edification. I found these helpful and instructive. Some of them need some “wiggle room.” Some are suggestive rather than definitive. Some will alarm and others will encourage. But all will stretch you and give you more fuel to change your world. I hope the annotations will help you decide … More Killing Calvinism; Killing Sin; Dispensing with Good Enough; Suffering Well; and so much more

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Examining the “Emptying” of Christ in Philippians 2

June 21, 2012

Friday is for Heart Songs A Brief Exposition of Philippians 2:5-9 Peter was right.  The apostle Paul’s letters are filled with “things hard to understand!”[1]  If only Paul were walking the face of the earth today and could see the confusion his writings engender.  Perhaps no single passage of Paul is more controversial than the … More Examining the “Emptying” of Christ in Philippians 2

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