Saturday Morning Musing It’s a short book.It’s a basic book.It’s a classic book. And if you have never read it, you are in for a treat and a challenge and maybe a revival of your heart. John Stott is the author. The book is Basic Christianity. [I have counted at least 16 different covers for … More And This, Against Nominal Belief
Thursday is for Discipleship Saw this on a LinkedIn post and was about to puke when I came to the conclusion that it had to be a spoof. It had to be a joke. It had to be? It couldn’t be serious? It had to be a comedy sketch, right? Clearly this was satire, wasn’t … More Seriously Puke Advice on Church Planting
Tuesday is for Preaching The church in America is sick. She has buildings and schools and Bible Colleges and Seminaries. Dozens of parachurch organizations exist to help her accomplish her mission, magazines and books continue to pour forth from her publishers. Whole new genres have developed from Christian novels to Christian music, Christian Comedy, Christian … More Consumers of a Christian-flavored-life
Continued from Yesterday “What is a Christian: How Should He View himself and His Mission? (part 4) Today: (Part 5) We are a “cross-bought and cross-shaped people.” Let me start by citing a number of Scriptures. First, on the “cross-bought” nature of our existence, Paul speaking to the Ephesian elders says this: Acts 20:28 “Be … More A Cross-shaped People: The Goal of Christian Discipleship
Continued from Yesterday “What is a Christian: How Should He View Himself and His Mission? (part 3) To be a sojourner, to be a fisher of men, is to understand the cross-shapedness of our calling. We must train our people to be driven by a vision of the cross. Believers in Christ who know, who … More When a Christian understands the cross-shapedness of his calling, what happens?
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