Thursday is for Discipleship How did Jesus do it? Short answer, I don’t know. But I think we can see the outlines of the process in the pages of the gospels. So in this post I want to continue to try to uncover what “INTENTIONAL WITHNESS” looks like. (This discussion began here on March … More Discipleship: How Did Jesus Do It?
Wednesday is for Prayer I don’t want this blog to be about politics. But the healthcare debate raised some important issues about the state of our hearts in the body of Christ. I’m one who thinks the nation has taken a significant miss-step in the healthcare bill just passed. I have friends that disagree. They … More Measuring Our Passion for the Lost
Tuesday is For Preaching I want to redirect the conversation of what it means to be missional. Over the last two days we have been trying to uncover some of the values and lifestyle choices of what it means to be a missional leader. A critical element to pastoral ministry is preaching. The statements below … More What Does Preaching Look Like for a Missional Leader?
Mondays are for Discussion Ed Stetzer led a tremendous discussion on missional leadership over the last five weeks at his blog (http://edstetzer.com). If you want a basic class on the “missional conversation” go back and read some, all, or selected posts at Ed’s site on the last five Missional Mondays Posts (Part 1-5). Don’t forget … More What is Missional Leadership?
Just finished teaching the Advanced Church Planting Class at Trinity Seminary to six eager world changers looking to make a difference for the King. Great time, but I think it is time for a complete overhaul of both classes that I teach at Trinity. Too tired to do much now (and disappointed that ‘Nova is out … More Missional Thoughts on the Weekend
Passing on a shout out for Tiffany D. Smith at (http://tiffanydsmith.wordpress.com) who posted the following: Did you know… Perpetua (the courageous early martyr) was only 22. Athanasius of Alexandria was 29 when he argued successfully for the divinity of Christ at the historic Council of Nicaea in 325 AD. Martin Luther was in his early … More “Shout out” for a young missional blogger
Friday is for Heart Songs Took a stroll through the Morton Arboretum with my very cool wife (26 years this September). Great sights, great exercise, great company, beautiful day. Prayed some prayers, ate some food, and thought I would come back and post something from the archives and another stroll through the pine groves at … More A Trip to the Arboretum and a Prayer for its Visitors
Thursday is for Discipleship Mention the word discipleship in the average church, and the mind will rush to thoughts of deepening—-deepening believers in the grace and knowledge of Christ. Great goal. Great thought. Pretty soon, the conversation will move to questions of how to do it and what to use to do it. Often the next … More Jesus Had a Better Idea–Let’s Try it Ourselves
Wednesday is for Prayer One of my favorite hymns and a center focus of many of my prayer retreats. Ancient Irish hymn, possibly from the 8th Century, tr. by Mary E. Byrne Be Thou my vision, O Lord of my heart; Naught be all else to me, save that Thou art. Thou my best thought, … More Happy St. Patrick’s Day
Tuesday is for Preaching This blog is associated with a website … http://RadicalChurchPlanting.com. There are six resource pages behind the RESOURCE tab at RadicalChurchPlanting.com. One of them is called Preaching/Bible Study Helps. New resources are added periodically to help budding church planters do what God has called them to do. More pdf’s and more types … More Preach the Word in Season and Out
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