Tag: Church Planting

The largest category because it is the call of God upon my life to stimulate a church planting movement

10 Questions for Church planters, Art Theology, John Piper, Dogs with Rhythm, Voter Fraud, Flannery O’Conner and much more

February 22, 2013

Weekend Links Major League Baseball start their spring training games this weekend. Spring is coming, despite last night’s mini-snow storm. Think about your garden and how you can use it to befriend, care for, provide for and strengthen your neighbors. Start praying now for opportunities to be bold. Enjoy your weekend and don’t forget to … More 10 Questions for Church planters, Art Theology, John Piper, Dogs with Rhythm, Voter Fraud, Flannery O’Conner and much more

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Let’s Plant a Church and Appoint Elders in Three Weeks

January 2, 2013

Thursday is for Discipleship The church is young. Paul is making his first missionary journey and many disciples have been made amidst some significant opposition and excitement (Acts 14:8-18). A crippled man get’s healed; the population thinks Barnabas is the Greek God Zeus and Paul is Hermes; Paul rescues them from their idolatry by preaching … More Let’s Plant a Church and Appoint Elders in Three Weeks

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N.T. Wright (and Wrong); Leadership; Church Planting; Humanist Emptiness; Newtown, CT and the Problem of Evil; Oliver Stone; HMS Mandate

December 30, 2012

Weekend Links Some new voices this week and some new topics too. Leadership, Health, GMO’s Church Planting, Millennials, Small Groups, N.T. Wright, and much more. A very interesting interview with filmmaker Oliver Stone in one link. As always, your mileage may vary. I found them all helpful but don’t necessarily agree with every point. Too … More N.T. Wright (and Wrong); Leadership; Church Planting; Humanist Emptiness; Newtown, CT and the Problem of Evil; Oliver Stone; HMS Mandate

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Politics, Ministry, Cultural Engagement, Health, Exercise, Church, Preaching, and learning another language plus

November 10, 2012

Weekend Links Something for everybody. But remember, Its presence here doesn’t mean I agree, endorse or recommend all that is any one. Enjoy. Bill O’Reilly’s Lecture of the Lessons of Sandy (A surprisingly short and effective message on what we should learn from storms like Sandy) Christians: Let’s Honor the President (Russell Moore —short and worthy … More Politics, Ministry, Cultural Engagement, Health, Exercise, Church, Preaching, and learning another language plus

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Thinking Better about Doctrine, Homosexuality, Political Engagement, Spiders, Marriage and much more

November 2, 2012

Weekend Links for the First Week in November 2012 Great links this week. Lots of challenge. Lots of interest. Lots of variety. Jim Wright’s piece on idolatry is a very thoughtful article. The three articles touching on homosexuality will be a great help to those with family members or friends struggling with same sex attraction. The … More Thinking Better about Doctrine, Homosexuality, Political Engagement, Spiders, Marriage and much more

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“Fiction is the Art of Telling the Truth by Lying”

October 30, 2012

Tuesday is for Preaching A while back I wrote a post that observed that many church planters seem to be spending more time trying to be funny than they are in actually thinking hard about the meaning of the text. It raised the whole issue of the purpose of illustrations. With that in mind, here … More “Fiction is the Art of Telling the Truth by Lying”

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Church Planting, Michael Breen; Missional Movement Fail; R.C., Piper and Keller

October 20, 2012

Weekend Links Politics, Japan, Biblical Interpretation, a smattering of John Piper, Tim Keller and R.C. Sproul, with a little bit of Al Mohler thrown in with Michael Breen and Tullian Tchividjian—-so much to choose from. This weeks links are the last for two weeks. I will be traveling to Japan to speak at a conference … More Church Planting, Michael Breen; Missional Movement Fail; R.C., Piper and Keller

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Training and Equipping Church Planters and their Teams

October 3, 2012

About 2-3 times a year, I am part of a team of men training church planters around the world with Dynamic Church Planting International. It is an honor and a privilege because, In my opinion, DCPI is the most effective church planting organization in existence. No organization trains more church planters, more effectively, in more places … More Training and Equipping Church Planters and their Teams

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