The latest issue of The Voice of the Martyrs arrived today. There are pictures and stories of people being baptized in rivers and other places in Vietnam, Somalia, Ethiopia, displaced Somalis in America, others in South Asia, all turning their lives to Christ. Despite the mainstream media’s silence, independent journalists have been reporting for the … More The Expanding Christian Majority
Matthew 21:28-32 28 “What do you think? A man had two sons. And he went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work in the vineyard today.’ 29 And he answered, ‘I will not,’ but afterward he changed his mind and went. 30 And he went to the other son and said the same. And he answered, ‘I go, sir,’ … More Repentance is More Important than Disobedience
Today’s Text: Matthew 13:44-46 This text has a context and the context is filled with parables of the kingdom. It starts out with: The Sower – the condition of the heart (soil) determines the fruitfulness of the life. The Weeds – the glory of the kingdom is revealed at the end of the age. The … More When the Kingdom of God Dominates Your Life
Wednesday is for Thinking One of the problems that Christians face in every age is how to be in the world but not of the world (cf. John 17:11 and 1 John 2:15). How are we to exist in the world without becoming like the world? How are we to love the world in the … More Christians are Too Comfortable
Tuesday is for Thinking “Of all the distortions of scripture—and heaven knows there have been plenty in our time—the most disastrous is surely to suggest that when our Lord insisted that his Kingdom was not of this world, he meant that it was. An equivalent distortion would be to devise a version of the third … More Distortions of Scripture and the Wisdom of Malcolm Muggeridge
Thursday is for Thinking Here’s another offering from Kairos Journal worth thinking about. The only thing I have added are either in brackets or underlined for emphasis. Christians need to raise their level of thinking on all things political and Stott’s book Human Rights and Human Wrongs: Major Issues for a New Century is a great place … More “Was Jesus Political?”
Friday Thoughts Are there any reasons when the release of a pastor and the starting of a new church “down the street”, “around the corner” or “in the next town over” is not a good idea? (I’m interested in a theological and theoretical discussion not a list of church names and pastors who you disagree … More Non-Compete Agreements and the Kingdom of God
Wednesday is for Prayer Preaching on the Kingdom of God this month from Matthew 13. Couldn’t help but think about Rich Mullins song, The Other Side of the World. Here’s the lyrics followed by a video of Rich and the Ragamuffin Band. I miss Rich Mullins. Won’t it be great to see him again in heaven? … More Longing For the King and the Kingdom
Weekend Musings It has been exciting to see the rise and fall and rise again of my new book on the Amazon book rankings. I don’t know how many copies have actually been sold yet but it is encouraging to know that both the paperback and the kindle edition of Picking a President: Or Any … More An Exhortation to My Readers (and a request)
Friday Musings A friend passed on this simple tool to me about 30 years ago. I rediscovered it’s usefulness in the last decade and have been using it to train others as well as in my own disciple-making efforts. Here’s what it looks like: [Size of the Card is 5.5″ x 4″] The objective is … More A Simple Tool to Help You Make Disciples
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