Where’s Marty?
September 20, 2020
We finally have news on what our plans are for the future. The latest on the Schoenleber Family Update at the link below. Here’s the Link
Church Planting Training Opportunities
September 17, 2020
Some of you know that I have had a long time association with Dynamic Church Planting International. In my opinion, they may be most prolific and effective church planting accelerators in the history of the Church. That is a big claim but I think the numbers and impacts are there to back it up. One … More Church Planting Training Opportunities
Meals Turned into Sacraments
September 17, 2020
Make a throne room in your heart for the King of kings. Here’s the link https://chosenrebel.me/2011/08/09/meals-turned-into-sacraments/
Restoring First Love
September 16, 2020
I don’t know where I first read this list. I don’t know who pointed me to it. I don’t know if it was first on some internet site or first in print before internet. Today I found it on a number of sites, unattributed as to authorship. I wish I could give someone credit for … More Restoring First Love
Be Careful, Lest the Light in You Be Darkness
September 9, 2020
The title of this post is the chapter heading from chapter 8 of John Piper’s A Godward Heart: Treasuring the God Who Loves You The book is similar to two previous books by Pastor John, The Godward Life: Book 1The Godward Life: Book 2. I recommend them all. This new third volume (2014) is composed … More Be Careful, Lest the Light in You Be Darkness
Twelve Things that are More Important than Preaching and Music at Your Church
September 7, 2020
These twelve things, are more important than whatever your pastor preaches from week to week and whatever music is used from week to week. If these results are happening in your church, stop complaining about EVERYTHING else and rejoice in what God is doing in your midst. If they aren’t happening, pray for your leadership … More Twelve Things that are More Important than Preaching and Music at Your Church
The Progress of the Pilgrim
September 6, 2020
I’m embarrassed to say that I am reading John Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress in the original for the very first time. I have read portions; I have read versions; I have read reviews; I have read summaries, and I have heard testimonies of its value and power. But I have never read it to completion … More The Progress of the Pilgrim
Helping Bible Students Find Treasure
September 4, 2020
___________________________________________________________ It is a habit of mine that when I begin the study of a new book, I work through some “overview projects” to help me to slow down my reading and force me to see more of the logical connections, themes and threads of the argument of a book. For years three particular projects … More Helping Bible Students Find Treasure
Re-examining Familiar Texts: Protect the Other
August 30, 2020
This morning I had the opportunity to explore a very familiar text with a group of friends as we came together to worship the Lord and pray for one another. The text was not only a familiar text, it is, for most readers, one of those “boring, skip-over texts”. But we took a second look … More Re-examining Familiar Texts: Protect the Other
Too Familiar to be Valuable
August 27, 2020
Read Psalm 23 [ The musical composition was Aubre’s Christmas gift to me in 2010. You can listen while you read. I hope it helps your own meditation on the Scripture. Click on the sound file just above the search box on the right.] In December of 2009 or thereabouts, my son, Marty Schoenleber III … More Too Familiar to be Valuable
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