There is a commonly repeated saying that usually goes this way: “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results!” We can see this principle as true and valid in various areas of our lives. If we are not brushing our teeth every night, then we can expect to continue Read more about Is Your Church “Insane” Enough?[…]
This past week we returned from a local missions conference with one of the speakers being from a country that is closed off and quite hostile to Christianity. As this lady spoke about their work and the great amount of time it takes to build relationships with others within this country, I thought to myself: Read more about Patient Evangelism: God Usually Works Slow[…]
Over the past 9+ years since being in student ministry, I estimate that I’ve been involved with around 50 camps/student conferences/Dnows/mission trips, etc., and one common factor we see at the end of any weekend or week of these types is “the crash,” when returning home, from the dreaded “camp High.” Typically, for both students Read more about Summer Camp, the “Spiritual High,” and the Ordinary Means of Grace[…]
I invite you to subscribe to my blog in the top right-hand corner of the site (if on a laptop), or at the bottom of the page (if on a mobile device). Thank you! If you are a Christian and you are unfamiliar with the life and work of Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, then I invite Read more about “Heat the Church with the Drama Stage!”: Creative People in the Church[…]
What if we gave ourselves fully to prayer and to preaching? (Image courtesy of pixabay.com) “No man is greater than his prayer life. The pastor who is not praying is playing; the people who are not praying are straying. We have many organizers, but few agonizers; many players and payers, few pray- ers; many singers, Read more about What if?-Pondering Out Loud[…]
To see my last two posts on the “Church Growth Movement” click here for the first post on defining the movement, and here for the second post describing the first “Forgotten Verse of the Church Growth Movement.” Have you ever thought about what the purpose of the pastor of a church is to be? There are Read more about Another Forgotten Verse of the Church Growth Movement-“Feed My Sheep!”[…]