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Bite me
2008-04-30 08:25:00 I have found that when I criticize others, it always comes back to bite me, generally with me doing the same thing I criticized others about. I guess this is just one way God keeps us humble, and teaches us not to judge a fellow servant. After all, to our own master we stand or ... More About: Bite
Rural Rant
2008-04-29 19:41:00 Ok, I need to rant, but I’ll try to do so in love… I listened to a message a while back by a famous pastor in Seattle who gave a message called “Building a City Within the City” in which he basically argued that God’s heart was for the city, because that is where culture and education ... More About: Rant , Rural
When I Became a Christian
2008-04-28 07:02:00 I was just listening to a message given by Michael Frost, and in it he read the following poem by Adrian Plass. It is exactly what I am thinking and feeling. For me, following Jesus has become a life full of deep faith and great fear. The poem portrays both wonderfully. When I Became a Christian By ... More About: Christianity , Evangelism , Mission
Exposed!
2008-04-27 04:31:00 I just got back from the Exposed Church Planting conference put on by Square 1 Church Planting. It was incredible! I cannot say enough good about it. It was unlike any conference I have ever been to before. I met a group of the most incredible church planters ever, and really got to know several of them. I hope ...
Forward!
2008-04-25 10:42:00 Yesterday I mentioned that for the final round of the blogging tournament at PlantingSpace.com, I wrote two articles and then submitted the one that I thought was best. That’s not actually true. I only wrote one, which is the one you find below. I showed it to my wife for her input. She liked it, made some ... More About: Evangelism , Forward
Faces
2008-04-24 10:00:00 I made it to the final round of the blogging tournament over at PlantingSpace.com. Thank you voting for me in the previous rounds. I also want to thank Mark Doebler who has also made it to the final round. His posts have been excellent. He pastors The Grove in Peoria, IL, so if you are ... More About: Faces , Evangelism
Almost done?
2008-04-23 23:28:00 I read my last seminary book ever yesterday! I finished off with Four Views on Salvation in a Pluralistic World. Now I just have to put the finishing touches on one more paper, fill out a couple forms, and I AM DONE. Woohoo!! I am so ready to be done with seminary, I’m not even going to walk. I’m ...
Isms
2008-04-23 15:50:00 I’ve been doing a lot of reading recently from all sides of the current “Emerging Church Movement” debate. It seems that those who oppose the Emerging/Emergent Church Movement have one primary concern/complaint. It is this: The emerging church is headed toward syncretism. As they embrace/engage the post-modern, post-Christendom, emerging generations, all in an effort to contextualize the Gospel for the culture, they actually ... More About: Bible Study , Mission
Shut the Door! I?m Changing!
2008-04-22 15:36:00 I wish I could be at Exponential this week. Instead, I’m going to Exposed, which I am actually a bit more excited about. Why? For three reasons. First, Exposed is more “grassroots” which fits me better. Second, since it’s smaller, It will be more intimate and relational. There will only be about 30 of us, ... More About: Changing , Evangelism , Door , Shut
I?m a Co-Author
2008-04-21 20:20:00 I’ve been invited to co-author a story with one of the best selling novelists ever! He’s sold more books than Tim LaHaye! It is quite an honor. I can hardly believe it! I have already seen an outline for about the first half of the story, and from what I can tell, it’s going to be amazing. It’s basically ... More About: Author
Simple Church
2008-04-18 18:55:00 One of the books I read this week was Simple Church by Thom Rainer and Eric Geiger. Though I was excited to read it, and agree in principle with the “Simple Church” concept, that every church needs to drastically simplify what it is doing so that it can do a better job of making disciples, I was a tiny bit disappointed ... More About: Reading
How (Not) to Pick a Leader (Leadership Selection Part 2)
2008-04-17 19:20:00 I almost submitted the following for the Blogging Tournament at PlantingSpace.com (You can see what I actually submitted by going there and voting.) I learned all of the following the hard way. At one point or another, I allowed people to be leaders based on one or more of the following characteristics, and lived to regret it. “How ... More About: Church , Leadership , Part , Pick , Leader
Marshmallow Leaders (Leadership Selection Part 1)
2008-04-16 22:11:00 I made it to round 3 at the PlantingSpace Blogging Tournament! Thank you to everyone who voted for me. Below is my submission for Round 3, in which we were to address some aspect of leadership selection and training. I chose to focus on how to find leaders. If you want to vote for me ... More About: Marshmallow , Leadership , Part , Leaders , Selection
I love my new job
2008-04-16 03:27:00 I love my new job. It pays me beans, but I basically get paid to read while I work. Last week, I read three books. So far (it’s Tuesday), I’ve read two more. I’m realizing that while I’ve been in seminary, my mind went into reverse. There is something about my rebellious flesh that cannot enjoy a book if I ... More About: Reading , Love
I Like Lance a Lot
2008-04-14 19:20:00 I had a good long talk with Lance again on Saturday, and he may be one of the most refreshing people I have ever met. I want to know more people like him. He is open, honest, and genuine. He says what he thinks, but in a way that is unoffensive. And wow, does he know ... More About: Bible Study , Gospel , Evangelism
Part of the Problem with Church Planting
2008-04-11 21:46:00 We’ve all heard of Joel Osteen and Lakewood Church which I hear averages over 30,000 people on a weekend. I think this is the largest church in the United States. His sermons are on television and his book, Your Best Life Now has sold 3 million copies. But Joel does not have the largest church in the ... More About: Problem , Part , Mission , Planting
Zeitgeist the Movie
2008-04-11 08:14:00 Last week I told you of my encounter with Lance, the Devil-stick expert, and Merril, his Mayan-guru babysitter. I met both at the Scarborough Renaissance Faire and we talked some about Jesus and hope for the future. To understand where he was coming from, he told me to watch Zeitgeist the Movie . (Zeitgeist is German for “Time Spirit” ... More About: Bible Study , The Movie , Zeitgeist the Movie
Sobering up from Consumerism
2008-04-11 02:51:00 I was reading the Gospel of Matthew today and came to the sobering realization that if I were alive at the time of Jesus Christ, I probably would not have been one of his disciples. All Christians today like to think that if we were alive when Jesus walked the earth, we would be the ... More About: Life , Mission , Consumerism
Give Presence
2008-04-10 06:45:00 I made it to round 2 in the Exponential Blogging Tournament over at ChurchPlanters.com. Thank you for voting for me! Now, go vote for me again! Ha ha. But only if you think my post is best. The issue we were supposed to address was ”What is your best marketing and/or outreach idea for under $500?” Here ... More About: Presence , Give
Post-Christian?
2008-04-09 00:59:00 I recently read John Burke’s book No Perfect People Allowed. This is another book that every Christian should read. In the book, he makes the statement that we no longer live in a postmodern era, we now live in a post-Christian era (p. 15). Apparently, Christianity has already lost the war against postmodernism. (I personally don’t ... More About: Church , Post
The Death of Churchianity
2008-04-07 17:45:00 On Vince Antonucci’s blog, he posted the following scenario (which comes from Bob’s Robert’s book, The Multiplying Church ). Let?s start a thousand churches over the next ten years, each one running a minimum of two thousand members, and in just ten years we will turn America upside down with the gospel! That would work, right? Wrong ... More About: Death , Mission
They Don?t Like Jesus or the Church
2008-04-06 05:10:00 A while back I read Dan Kimball’s They Like Jesus , but Not the Church . I highly recommend this book since it does reflect the thinking of a lot of people in our communities. However, I ran into a whole group of people today who don’t think much about Jesus either. They don’t like Jesus OR the ... More About: The Church
Holy Crap
2008-04-04 07:41:00 I finished reading Vince Antonucci’s book I Became a Christian and all I got was this Lousy T-shirt with my wife tonight. We read through it out loud together. We laughed. We cried. We talked. It was great. Vince’s book is unique in that he includes Greek word studies about as often as he uses the word “crap.” Though Vince is ... More About: Reading , Crap , Holy
The Truth about Truth
2008-04-04 04:04:00 Nearly everybody agrees that we live in a postmodern society. One of the basic characteristics of such a society is that truth is seen as relative. This, of course, has caused a raging debate to occur between Christians over what the proper response should be to a postmodern culture. On the one hand are those who embrace postmodern ... More About: Truth , Jesus , The Truth
Does the Presidental Election Matter?
2008-04-03 04:33:00 The first round of blogs are posted over at PlantingSpace.com. For this first blog, we were supposed to answer the question: “Does the Presidential Election Matter ?” Please go vote for me!!! (Or someone you think has a better answer.) Here was my submission: When Bill Clinton won the 1992 presidential election, I thought the Tribulation was upon us. Now, in ... More About: Bible Study , Cain , Obama
Blogging Tournament at PlantingSpace.com
2008-04-02 16:33:00 I’ve joined a blogging tournament over at www.plantingspace.com. Some of the best of the best church planting bloggers are allowing some noobs like me to go head to head with them in a blogging blowout! There are sixteen of us, and you are allowed to vote on which post was the best. The top eight bloggers ... More About: Blogging , Bible Study , Tournament
Thanks Carl!
2008-04-02 02:15:00 I received a book in the mail yesterday, and when I opened it up, thought, “I don’t remember ordering this. I know it was on my Amazon Wish List but I didn’t think I had bought it.” Then I checked the invoice, and it had a note from Carl , saying he had bought it for me ...
Thesis is DONE
2008-04-01 08:52:00 It’s 2 am. I just finished my thesis, and will turn it in tomorrow around 10 am (barring any printing problems). Topic: Honor and Shame Before the Judgment Seat of Christ Pages: 60 Words: 16,936 Footnotes: 183 My bottom line conclusion: We haven’t scratched the surface of beginning to understand the New Testament. (Isn’t that encouraging?) It’s probably not that ... More About: Bible Study
Bad People, Good Soil
2008-04-01 04:13:00 On Friday, we looked briefly at the Parable of the Four Soils and how it applies to all people. Ideally, if we are good planters for the Kingdom of God, we want to be planting seeds in the best soil. It is this soil that gives a 3000%, 6000%, or 10,000% return on your investment. But ... More About: People , Good
The Parable of the Four Soils Revisited
More articles from this author:2008-03-28 14:18:00 I’ve been mulling over the Parable s of the Four Soils for nearly three years now. When I left my church in Fortine, MT to come to Dallas, TX for seminary, I was preaching through Luke, and had stopped at Luke 8:3. I did preach a sermon on Luke 8:9-10, but I never did preach on ... 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
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