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
Thursday is for Evangelism Here’s a great link on the principle of invitation. Watch, enjoy, chuckle, apply.
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?”
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?
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.
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?
Wednesday is for Prayer Whether your church is new or old, organic or traditional, large or small, whether it meets in a building or a house, in a community center or under a tree, if your location is anywhere in North America, these six things are true about your congregation (and mine): We are not … More Six Truths about Organic and Traditional Churches
Tuesday Discussion Live passionately for and like Jesus. Living passionately for and like Jesus. Training men and women to live passionately for and like Jesus. Planting churches that plant churches filled with people living passionately for and like Jesus. These are the phrases, that have dominated my thinking, studying, preaching, teaching and living for the … More Living Passionately For and Like Jesus isn’t Very Popular
Sunday Musings In January, we will begin a new challenge for the church to read through the Bible in a year. This is so important. It is important because . . . the law of the Lord is perfect (Psalm 19:7) there is a famine for the word of God In my email today there … More Thinking about the New Year and Biblical Illiteracy
Wednesday is for Prayer Christianity Today reports that 20% of non-Christians in the United States and Canada (at a minimum 13.5 million people) say they do not ‘personally know’ any Christians. —Christianity Today, p. 17, October 2013 Two thoughts: If that doesn’t break your heart, repent and pray that it would. If that does break … More Are You a Disciple? Let’s Pray that Way.
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