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Monday Discussion It light of the video posted over the weekend with Ed Stetzer and Alan Hirsch giving brief critiques of the multi-site phenomenon, here are some evaluation friendly questions for multi-site churches. Look around your multi-site church next week: Are the talents of the congregation being maximized for the kingdom? Look around your multi-site … More Evaluating the Multi-site Phenomenon
Its’s always good to think through the unintended consequences of our actions. Ed Stetzer tries to get us to do that in this brief video clip with regard to the Multi-site phenomenon sweeping the church in America. Ed Stetzer and Alan Hirsch on the multi-site phenomenon, pros and cons. (Click on the link.)
Weekend Musings I was reading my friend Ann Voskamp’s blog about her trip to Guatemala and the forever-imprint it made on her heart. I want to urge you to go to her blog by clicking on the link I provided. Her words are so much more eloquent than mine. Read hers. Read hers outloud. Let … More The Forever Imprint of a Short Term Mission
Friday is for Heart Songs I was washing my face at the bathroom sink when I started to weep at a thought that flew through my heart. I was thinking about an upcoming meeting with my daughter, a daughter birthed before I was a Christian, before I was married, before I was a pastor, who … More “I love you because you are mine.”
Thursday is for Discipleship I read a startling fact about Fanny Crosby, the great hymn writer, blind from about the age of 6, she had memorized, before she was eleven years old, (and before she had ever formally gone to school) almost the entire New Testament, and five books of the Old Testament! WOW! But … More Thoughts on Fanny Crosby
Wednesday is for Prayer Recently, I heard of a man whose ministry was being undercut by unwarranted rumor and innuendo. The guilty parties never went to him. They never loved him enough to talk to him as a brother. But they were more than willing to voice their opposition to his ministry and question his character … More Integrity in Ministry and Life
Tuesday is for Preaching Why doctrine matters The following is from Kairos Journal. It is brilliant, timeless, and critical for the body of Christ to understand in our generation. Doctrine, sound expository preaching of doctrine is vital to the health of any body of believers. More vital than beautiful music, pleasant surroundings and well oiled … More Preachers: Doctrine Matters
Monday Discussion What kind of churches will change the world? We need churches filled with missional/incarnational people. We need believers to get out of their buildings and into the communities in which God has placed them. We need people to live among and with our communities and stop expecting them to come into our world. … More Is there a cross-shapedness to the way you live in the world?
Psalm 32:1-2 (ESV) 1 A Maskil of David. Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. 2 Blessed is the man against whom the Lord counts no iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit. Can a sinner in need ever grow weary of these verses? This one can’t.