Thursday is for Discipleship Here’s a discipleship study to sober and deepen your new converts. Have them read Romans 12:9-13:14. Ask them to make a list of all the things that Paul commanded the Roman believers to do under the heading “Marks of a True Follower of Christ“ After they have plowed through that blizzard … More A Blizzard of Imperatives for Serious (Real) Christians
Pastor is not feeling well. Just got a call from his wife that he has strep-throat. I’ll be filling in for him tomorrow, teaching Greek and Sunday preaching the message at First Baptist Church in Bolingbrook, IL. So here are a few prayer requests: That the message on Sunday would be a timely respite from … More Urgent Prayer Requested
Tuesday is for Preaching In the year 2000, Mark Dever came out with his book Nine Marks of a Healthy Church. Today, Mark is a house-hold name, a luminary on the evangelical conference circuit. He is a fine and thoughtful expositor of the word and a wonderful throw-back to another age when pastors were theologians … More Mark Dever and Expository Preaching
Monday Missional Discussion Tonight, Super Bowl Sunday, the whole nation paused to be entertained for a whole day. Amazing. Congratulations by the way to all the Green Bay fans in your win and to Steeler fans for a fine season. We invest super bowl-weekend with such significance and time and money. I still remember years … More Asking Serious Questions About Ultimate Issues
Sometimes we create new wheels that are clever, creative, new, interesting, innovative and different. Of course, none of that necessarily guarantees that they are better, effective or blessed by God. Interesting Transportation Church Planter: Make sure you understand the book of Acts before you start reinventing ineffective wheels.
Weekend Musings Yesterday was Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s birthday. For many years I have made it a habit to try to read Life Together once a year. Bonhoeffer is a hero. He is not a hero because of his theological orthodoxy–he wasn’t completely orthodox in all areas. He is hero because he stood for truth and Christ … More In Honor of Bonhoeffer’s Birthday
Friday is for Heart Songs If a man does not pray: “I do not deny that a man may pray without heart and without sincerity. I do not for a moment pretend to say that the mere fact of a person’s praying proves everything about his soul. As in every other part of religion, so … More From Under the Cover of the Blood of Christ
Thursday is for Discipleship I’m reading J.C. Ryle’s A Call to Prayer: An Urgent Plea to Enter into the Secret Place. Wow! Talk about convicted. I picked up the book because I have felt that the consistency of my prayer was lacking. I have been feeling a need to deepen the wells of prayer in … More The Scandal of Our Time: Prayerless Christians
Update: The picture associated with this post is not relevant to the summer season or to South Carolina. But the story in this post is relevant for all of us who want to see our neighbors come to faith in Christ. Simple acts of kindness done in the name of Christ can have a powerful … More Intensely Local Ministry is as Simple as a Garden Trowel
Tuesday is for Preaching How do our people learn how to proclaim the gospel? It is a pretty simple question but one that is not asked very often. Let’s face facts. When we offer EE classes, or evangelism training or sermonic exhortations to proclaim the gospel or recommendations for books to be read or whatever … More Equipping the Saints for this Task is Your Job Preacher
