I heard a horror story yesterday. A large mega-church “hired” ten interns. One day before they were to finish their internships, they were all fired and none were given good recommendations. None. I said, “hired” in quotes because they were paid “slave wages” and worked long hours. At another church, apparently a mega-church with a … More A Pastoral Horror Story
Wednesday is for Discipleship People are always asking me what is a good book or perspective on discipleship, especially for men. There are a lot of good ones out there, but one that I have found particularly refreshing is my friend Larry Osborne’s Contrarian’s Guide to Knowing God: Spirituality for the Rest of Us. Larry has … More What are the House Rules for the People of God?
Weekend Links The sun is shining and the people of Washington have a good day for all the help that is arriving to begin the process of putting their material and emotional lives back together. We have teams of people going from our church as do many other churches in the area. It is a … More Homeschoolers Better Socialized; Pedophile Rights?!; Hunger Games Warnings; The Creep of Totalitarianism; and much more
Weekend Musings These are culled from my notes on a seminar by Larry Osborne from last year’s national Free Church Conference. Six thoughts and a few quotes about winning teams from Larry Osborne: Winning Teams have Winning Players. Losing Teams have . Good Players. “Two biggest derailment … More Assembling the Right Team for Your Church or Church Plant
Friday is for Heart Songs and Weekend Reading Bill Hull and Larry Osborne are two friends who have been mightily used of God. I love them both. When the history of this generation of the church in America is written, both of these men will have played a significant role in the progress of the … More Can My Two Friends be Reconciled?
Thursday is for Discipleship Larry Osborne has a new book out called Accidental Pharisees: Avoiding Pride, Exclusivity and the Other Dangers of Overzealous Faith. It’s a good one. In fact I wish every church in America would order cases of them and give them out like candy in their churches. In fact, Larry’s book and … More On the Way to Faithful are You Becoming a Pharisee?
Monday is for Discussion “The most dangerous place to be is not the back of the following Jesus line. It is in the front.” —Larry Osborne Question: How many reasons can you give for why this is absolutely true? Harder Question: How do you solve the problem?
Weekend Links It seems like every week there is more evidence that our culture is losing its mind. Like an Alzheimer’s patient losing bits and pieces of the past, our culture is losing its collective memory as it jettisons its Judo-Christian heritage for a mess of post-modern porridge. It even shows up in the comments … More England’s Failing Power Grid: Coming here? Liberal hate; Driscoll and Osborne interview;
Thursday is for Discipleship Thought: “… most spiritual growth happens on a haphazard need-to-grow or need-to-know basis. As life happens, we’re suddenly confronted by the need for personal growth or more biblical information in an area of life that up to now hasn’t seemed all that important.” (Larry Osborne, A Contrarians Guide to Knowing … More Cookie-Cutter Discipleship is a Waste of Time
Larry Osborne titled it The Barnabas Factor: Finding and Developing Leaders It was a Thursday morning seminar option at the Evangelical Free Church National Conference. [Aside: the SBC was having their national conference the same week. On Tuesday on the day before the SBC conference started they had a pre-conference. Find David Platt’s message to … More Equipping and Empowering Leaders
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