Parables Still Teach Very Well
November 7, 2011
Parables Still Teach Very Well. Francis Chan and the Big Red Tractor.
Tag: Making Disciples
Spiritual Formation: When Am I Going to be Holy?
November 6, 2011
Monday Discussion Peter K Nelson is a friend and now the pastor of a wonderful church in Goshen, Pennsylvania outside Philadelphia (my favorite and hometown city!). In 2010 he published a book on Spiritual Formation that I have found helpful and which breathes a great spirit of pastoral care. I asked Peter if he would … More Spiritual Formation: When Am I Going to be Holy?
Grab Your Soul and Shake It! (Reprise)
November 2, 2011
Thursday is for Discipleship Jesus lives. Don’t quit. Don’t stop. Don’t give in. He’s coming again. He lives, he lives, and he reigns. Grab your soul and shake it! Live passionately for and like Jesus. Live to win the lost, the least and the last. Faint Not Music and Lyrics: Copyright 2010 Tyler Somers (BMI), … More Grab Your Soul and Shake It! (Reprise)
Too Often, We Confuse Means, Ends and Results
October 31, 2011
Tuesday’s Continuing Discussion (This continues a discussion that started in yesterday’s post. “Yesterday” being 10/30/2011.) I think there are two other problems associated with the good works that Christians are called to do in the world. On the one hand some see the good that we do, the injustices that we seek to address, the … More Too Often, We Confuse Means, Ends and Results
Conversations that Last a Lifetime and Change Everything
October 29, 2011
Thursday is for Discipleship Last month I got to spend four hours with an old friend I hadn’t seen in 27 years. I had the privilege of leading him to faith in Christ some 34 years ago. What an incredible joy to see and hear of the difference the gospel has made in his life, … More Conversations that Last a Lifetime and Change Everything
Needing and Wanting Passion: Avoiding the Process that Produces It
October 27, 2011
Needing and Wanting Passion: Avoiding the Process that Produces It. Two things we need if we want to be like Nehemiah.
Sowing Seed or Seed Substitutes? The Problem We Haven’t Understood
October 26, 2011
Thursday is for Discipleship When you find something good, share it with others. Here’s a great video from Neil Cole to challenge your thinking on making disciples. This video will go by so fast, you will want to watch it twice and both times it will be a challenge to go out and make disciples. … More Sowing Seed or Seed Substitutes? The Problem We Haven’t Understood
Does Conversion Happen at a Point in Time?
October 23, 2011
Monday is for Discussion Can the word “salvation” be substituted for “conversion?” Is conversion an event or a process? Does conversion happen at a point in time or is it a process over time? Put your finger on the text of God’s word and start the discussion.
Is a Person Converted if Their Life Does Not Change?
October 19, 2011
Thursday is for Discipleship “A conversion is an experience of deep continuity and discontinuity. Although through conversion we are certainly not called to abandon the world or escape from it–Jesus insists on this in his prayer of John 17 (see v. 15)–we nevertheless recognize that there is a profound discontinuity between the values and mores … More Is a Person Converted if Their Life Does Not Change?
Why Don’t More Churches Build Church Planting into Their DNA?
October 16, 2011
Monday is for Discussion Great day yesterday as New Song Church in Bolingbrook, IL celebrated its 20th anniversary as a church planting church. It was great to go back, three years after I resigned to invest my remaining years in training and mentoring church planters. We saw old friends, heard some great testimonies, witnessed some … More Why Don’t More Churches Build Church Planting into Their DNA?
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