The following come from Will Mancini’s book Church Unique: How Missional Leaders Cast Vision, Capture Culture and Create Movement. “The reality is that most people don’t think; they only rearrange their prejudices.” p. 10 Speaking of how competency in the past limits creative discovery for the future: “It is not uncommon that the most accomplished … More Great Quotes from Today’s Reading
More Weekend Musings I am privileged to have you come and visit and interact with the thoughts and community you find here. Many of you have left comments and are following the conversation that ensues. But most people who visit blogs do not leave comments which is fine. But I want to encourage more of … More To My Visitors
Weekend Musings Got to cut the grass for the first time this year. I wish I could say it was that last time at 629 Cochise Circle but God seems to have other ideas. We have been trying to sell our house for a year. The market in our area is not a sellers market. … More Choices Can be Paralyzing
Friday is for Heart Songs Life Dominating Sins : “What an appropriate term for so much of the stuff we are dealing with in terms of pastoral counseling. ” It fit so easily the alcoholism of her, the drug addiction of him, the pornographic intensity of that one and the multiple, serial partners of that … More “Life Dominating Sins” I remember what I thought the first time I heard the phrase
Thursday is for Discipleship “Technically, from the moment of spiritual birth, every Christian is a disciple. Disciples are born by the Spirit to be made into mature reproducers, as described in John 15:7-17. They are to be made in every nation; therefore every person in the church is a disciple and has the responsibility and divine ability to … More Spiritual Formation: Who Needs to be Discipled and How
Wednesday is for Prayer The Scriptures tell us that we should pray for all those who are in authority. 1 Timothy 2:1-4 (ESV) 1 First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, 2 for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a … More Are You Praying for the President?
Tuesday is for Preaching We might as well abandon chapel at our Christian Colleges and Seminaries. We fill them with drivel. Announcements about campus thing this, or denominational thing that, or district thing this, or student/faculty thing that. We let speakers speak who seem to be interested in entertaining or promoting rather than exalting the … More Abandon Chapel at Christian Colleges and Seminaries
Eye on Doctrine For about 12 years, in the classes I taught at Trinity (TEDS), I suggested that the doctrine of the Trinity was going to be increasingly challenged in the 21st century. The advance of Islam, the immigration of Muslim background people to the United States, and the lack of intellectual reflection by pastors … More Getting the Doctrine of the Trinity Right
Our faith is rooted in history. The events of Easter Sunday are grounded in the rich evidential soil of fact. How often do people think about or examine the roots of a tree? Not very often is my guess. But the root of the faith are strong. Challenge your neighbors to examine the roots of … More The Root of the Faith
Easter is over but we live in the midst of resurrection power. Yesterday, thousands of men and women, boys and girls all around the world placed there faith in Christ for the first time. The media isn’t going to report that. They would much rather focus on sex abuse in the Catholic Church or that … More Thousands of Men and Women Trusted in Christ Yesterday
