Sunday Afternoon Musings This, from chapter 2 of J. Oswald Sanders, Spiritual Leadership: “Go up and down the streets of Jerusalem, look around and consider, search through her squares. If you can find one person who deals honestly and seeks the truth, I will forgive this city” (Jeremiah 5:1). “I looked for a man among … More Rereading a Classic on Leadership
“Oh God, give us such preaching. In every church, give us pulpits that have one fear, one desire and through them, shake the foundations of the nation for Your glory. In the name of the Risen One, we ask it. Lord, would You make me one of those men. Amen.”
My friend and prayer partner Terry Ivy called today just to say hello and tell me he was praying for me. What an encouragement to know you are being prayed for. Terry, in my opinion, is one of those unsung heroes in a generation enamored with celebrity, size, and bombast. A cancer survivor, a pastor … More Weekend Biography: David Brainerd
A valued friend contacted me on Facebook™ and wanted to know if I could recommend a book/booklet to help people learn how to pray. That’s a perennial problem—helping new believers and many times, older believers, to pray well, to pray biblically, to pray frequently, to pray with confidence and boldness, to pray about everything, to … More Henri Nouwen, Jesus and Teaching People to Pray
The article below is from Kairos Journal and its brevity is no reflection of its importance. Just this morning as I was driving into the office, I was thinking about the need for Christians to live their lives without apology for what they believe. We must live with humility but we must live with boldness. … More “Are You an EE-VAN-gelical?”
Wednesday is for Prayer “Give me one hundred preachers who fear nothing but sin and desire nothing but God, and I care not a straw whether they be clergyman or laymen; such alone will shake the gates of hell and set up the kingdom of Heaven on earth.” —-John Wesley Here’s a thought: Have … More Shaking the Gates of Hell
The article below is from Kairos Journal. I am away at a conference and will be positing sporadically for a few days. Neither a Borrower nor a Borrower Be The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is the slave of the lender. Proverbs 22:7 (ESV) Neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan … More Shakespeare Got it Right. So Did His Bible
Here’s a great story about one of the greatest church planters and equippers of church planters in the history of the church is John Wesley. My Calvinistic heart delights in the usefulness of the first Wesleyan’s usefulness to the sovereign God. There were many reasons why John Wesley was so powerfully effective but don’t underestimate … More Wisdom from One of the Greatest Church Planters of All Time
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