Weekend Musings Attended a nephews wedding this weekend and it was a great celebration with my sister doing an amazing job of pulling off the backyard wedding for her oldest son. I was also stunned and pleased to find that a 25 year prayer had been answered. How marvelous is a God who forgets nothing … More When God answers a 25 year prayer, what can you do but bow in awe.
Weekend Links The presence of a link here does not imply agreement with all of what is written. The Meaning of the Gospel The Gospel of the Kingdom (Dallas Willard) N.T. Wright’s response to Stephen Hawkings on Heaven Randy Alcorn on the importance of getting “Heaven” right Book Length Responses to Rob Bell’s Love Wins … More Dallas Willard and N.T. Wright on the Gospel and Heaven; Stephen Hawking; Randy Alcorn, the importance of work and much more.
Thursday is for Discipleship This year I am working on a project to memorize the book of 2 Timothy. Don’t be impressed. It is embarrassing how poor my memorization habits are. I started this project because I have done a terrible job of memorizing Scripture over the years and wanted to finally give the Holy Spirit … More Why Did Jesus Disciple the Way He Did?
Here’s a great story about one of the greatest church planters and equippers of church planters in the history of the church is John Wesley. My Calvinistic heart delights in the usefulness of the first Wesleyan’s usefulness to the sovereign God. There were many reasons why John Wesley was so powerfully effective but don’t underestimate … More Wisdom from One of the Greatest Church Planters of All Time
Tuesday is for Preaching One of the men that I trained as a church planter in the early years of our own church plant has been marvelously successful from a numerical point of view. He and his original partner now pastor a growing multi-site mega church that for the first nine years boasted a 40%+ … More Future Mega Church Planter Asks How to Stay Fresh in the Pulpit
The Parable of the Weeds 24 He put another parable before them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field, 25 but while his men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and went away. 26 So when the plants came up and bore grain, … More How Much Doctrinal Fruit Inspection is Wise?
“Father, millions and millions of professing believers around the world heard the word of the Kingdom today. Oh God, give them ears to hear. Ears that are willing to obey, to repent and believe will never be turned away from the mercy that flows from the cross. Your seed has been sown. Let it find … More Prayer for a Sunday Afternoon
Weekend Links (5/14/11) Weekend Links is a new feature to the BLOG. I will provide links to resources on the web in various categories, that I have found interesting and that I hope will provide help to the budding missional leader. Enjoy. Theology on Mission What does it mean to preach the gospel everywhere? (By … More New Feature to the BLOG: Weekend Links
Weekend Musings Justin Blizzard is an Acts29 Pastor planting a new church in Raleigh, NC. I have never met him but I like him. The list below is his. It is a great one. Use it to galvanize your team for the mission. You don’t need a lot of people to plant a church. You … More Ten Reasons Not to Join a Church Plant
Or Gossip Girl, or TMZ, or Access Hollywood or …. There are so many trivialities in life. Don’t waste your life on them. Spend your life for Christ and his Kingdom, for hurting people who need hope, and endangered youth who need rescue. It’s a funny picture below, but how many other things that … More Every Time You Watch Jersey Shore (or Gossip Girl) a Book Commits Suicide
