“If You are Doing it Right, Someone is Going to Break Your Heart”
October 18, 2014
Saturday Musings A short, great video from Neil Cole. Oh for the churches in America that would risk the breaking of their hearts.
Tag: Making Disciples
“Carpe noctem” Using the Night for the Glory of God
October 8, 2014
Thursday is for Discipleship Carpe noctem, “Seize the night.” The days are getting shorter and the nights longer. The wind and wetness of October have arrived. Fall is here. Here in the South East, that means many of us will be spending more time inside than we have for the last seven months. Why not make … More “Carpe noctem” Using the Night for the Glory of God
What is the Christ-commanded Result of Church Ministry?
October 4, 2014
Saturday Musings Why are churches and God’s people so occupied with peripheral things that divert them from making what Jesus told them to make? Is Jesus LORD or just an advisor to the Church? “Only one kind of person will penetrate the world, and the failure of the church to produce this kind of person is … More What is the Christ-commanded Result of Church Ministry?
“We must walk up not worn out with misery but full of Christ”
October 2, 2014
Thursday is for Discipleship I confess that I have never read any of John Updike’s works, save for an essay or two. I have been intrigued by his books, nevertheless. For me, it started in a visit to a Christian bookstore (remember those?) in 1975. I saw Rabbit Run on a shelf and thought, “Why … More “We must walk up not worn out with misery but full of Christ”
How Millenials are Being Reached Effectively in One Church
September 16, 2014
Wednesday is for Discipleship Just read the second article this week on how the church is failing to reach millennials here and here. Honestly, it seems like everybody is jumping on this bandwagon and singing this song, “the church is losing millennials.” I have no doubt that the facts are there to support the conclusion. But I … More How Millenials are Being Reached Effectively in One Church
Your Homework this Week: Reach Out, Persist, Invite
July 30, 2014
Thursday is for Evangelism Here’s a great link on the principle of invitation. Watch, enjoy, chuckle, apply.
“How Do I Measure Discipleship?”
July 29, 2014
Wednesday is for Thinking Sometime back, a friend (thanks Mike) and campus pastor of another church asked this question: (Mike’s words in blue) “Hey guys I’d like a little input. Our pastoral team here at ___________ is discussing, “How to measure our effectiveness of making disciples? (beyond Sunday attendance, offerings and buildings). How do you measure … More “How Do I Measure Discipleship?”
What is Your Church Known for?
July 27, 2014
Sunday Afternoon Musings “If we are going to call ourselves followers of Jesus Christ, we should be making disciples. But most Christians today are not known for making disciples.” —-Francis Chan, Multiply, chapter 1 If we love God and love people, we will make disciples. Period. Let’s make our churches known for making disciples of Jesus. … More What is Your Church Known for?
Stanley Hauerwas and Al Mohler; Homeschooling; Ken Howard; Phil Johnson; John MacArthur and much more.
May 3, 2014
Weekend Links Ken Howard over at Practicing Paradoxy made an interesting comment in an article titled “Adapt or Die.” What caught my attention in the paragraph below is the one that I have bolded and the second that I have underlined. As congregational leaders, we must confront the fact that our churches are dying. While we may wish … More Stanley Hauerwas and Al Mohler; Homeschooling; Ken Howard; Phil Johnson; John MacArthur and much more.
A Test: Are We a People of the Book?
May 1, 2014
Friday is for Heart Songs We say we are. We say we are a people of the Book but I wonder. I wonder about myself, I wonder the same thing about the congregations of America. I wonder if we know what we are talking about? If we were truly a people of the Book wouldn’t … More A Test: Are We a People of the Book?
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