Monday Discussion Here’s a quote from my weekend reading that underscores the need for gospel-formed people to both live out and preach the good news. “In discussions about the contemporary mission of the Church it is often said that the Church ought to address itself to the real questions people are asking. That is to … More “The World’s Questions are Not the Questions that Lead to Life.”
Church Planter: Here’s what I know about you … You want to change the world. You want to serve Jesus. You want to see his name exalted. You want to see the lost get found. You want to see lives transformed from darkness to light. I’m praying for you. I’m praying that the flame of … More Church Planter Character Quality: You have to Love Non-Christians
Monday Missional Discussion Tonight, Super Bowl Sunday, the whole nation paused to be entertained for a whole day. Amazing. Congratulations by the way to all the Green Bay fans in your win and to Steeler fans for a fine season. We invest super bowl-weekend with such significance and time and money. I still remember years … More Asking Serious Questions About Ultimate Issues
Update: The picture associated with this post is not relevant to the summer season or to South Carolina. But the story in this post is relevant for all of us who want to see our neighbors come to faith in Christ. Simple acts of kindness done in the name of Christ can have a powerful … More Intensely Local Ministry is as Simple as a Garden Trowel
Tuesday is for Preaching How do our people learn how to proclaim the gospel? It is a pretty simple question but one that is not asked very often. Let’s face facts. When we offer EE classes, or evangelism training or sermonic exhortations to proclaim the gospel or recommendations for books to be read or whatever … More Equipping the Saints for this Task is Your Job Preacher
Monday Discussion This is another gem passed on to me from my gem of a wife from the pen of A.W. Tozer. How we need this perspective so that our prayers for those we seek to reach would be consistent, passionate, and unwearied. Evangelism: Only the Spirit Can Give Sight But even if our gospel … More Evangelism: Only the Spirit of God Works the Miracle We Need
Musing on a Sunday Afternoon The days are longer. The air is warmer (slightly). Soon, farm machinery will start to move across the fields. Soon after, the seed will go into the ground. Good weather should also make Christians think about how they will begin to plant the seed of God’s word. And we will … More Prayer Walking is Great. It Also has Little Biblical Warrant
Monday Discussion The year draws to a close. A new year approaches, peaking over the horizon this coming Friday. Who will hear the gospel from you this next year? How will they hear it? How will they see it? How will they experience it? There are some that God will place in your path this … More Some Good Questions for the New Year
Weekend Musings “Why is it that in the church we usually violate so many of the rules of hospitality? Where else in our society do we force people to get all dressed up [that one we have relaxed a bit] and sit in very hard seats for one hour, and sit in such a position … More Relearning Christian Hospitality:
Thursday is for Discipleship What is included in making disciples? Are disciple-making and discipleship the same thing? Is spiritual-formation a synonym for making-disciples? What do we gain when we separate evangelism from discipleship? What do we lose? Why did Jesus never separate evangelism (proclamation) from following (spiritual formation)? If Jesus didn’t separate them, any ideas … More Questions We Never Ask But Should
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