I wish I had time to craft a piece of literature about the time among the Muslims of Dearborn, MI. It was great to walk the streets with my brother Karl and to be engaged in ministry with him again some fifteen years after he and his family were commissioned as tentmaker-missionaries by our church … More Reflections on Dearborn, Michigan and Muslim Outreach
Weekend Musings “It’s Hard to Go to Heaven in America” Many will say that the needs are greater around the world, that the 10-40 window is a higher priority, that we have too many Christian workers and too much resource focused on reaching people in the Western-industrialized nations. I will not dispute any of that. … More “It is Hard to Go to Heaven in America”
Wednesday is for Prayer We pray too much for ourselves and not enough for others. We pray too much for our own concerns and not enough about global concerns. In your passion to reach your neighbors, you must build a passion in your newest disciples for the whole world and its need for Christ and … More Operation World: We Really Can Change the World
Wednesday is for Prayer I was reflecting on the devastation that many must be feeling in light of their experience in Oklahoma, Arkansas and Missouri and felt David’s “how long Oh God” of Psalm 13 was appropriate. I hope you will read the Psalm and let it move you to pray for all those in … More When the Silence of God is Deafening: The Soul’s Refuge
Weekend Musings Attended a nephews wedding this weekend and it was a great celebration with my sister doing an amazing job of pulling off the backyard wedding for her oldest son. I was also stunned and pleased to find that a 25 year prayer had been answered. How marvelous is a God who forgets nothing … More When God answers a 25 year prayer, what can you do but bow in awe.
Here’s a great story about one of the greatest church planters and equippers of church planters in the history of the church is John Wesley. My Calvinistic heart delights in the usefulness of the first Wesleyan’s usefulness to the sovereign God. There were many reasons why John Wesley was so powerfully effective but don’t underestimate … More Wisdom from One of the Greatest Church Planters of All Time
“Father, millions and millions of professing believers around the world heard the word of the Kingdom today. Oh God, give them ears to hear. Ears that are willing to obey, to repent and believe will never be turned away from the mercy that flows from the cross. Your seed has been sown. Let it find … More Prayer for a Sunday Afternoon
Wednesday is for Prayer “By faith Moses, when he was grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, choosing rather to be mistreated with the people of God than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin. He considered the reproach of Christ greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was … More Choosing Christ over the Treasures of America
Wednesday is for Prayer One of the challenges for every pastor and church planter is to bring his will in line with the will of God. We have our visions, we have our dreams, we have our perspectives, we have our likes and dislikes and sometimes we convince ourselves that what we want is what … More A Key to Passionate Prayer: Up the Ante
Weekend Musings Everyone has gone home. I’m exhausted but satisfied in Christ. I’m sitting in my office after four services at our two campuses and six baptisms today at one of them, with clear evidence of the Spirit of God at work in our midst. A thrilling morning. Hearing the word brings faith. And I’m … More Sometimes, All We Need is an Ear.
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