Preaching: Creating a Sermon Plan
A few months before I retired, a newcomer stopped me in the lobby to chat. He wanted to know if we purchased our sermon series. For him, they all seemed […]
Knowing Christ: The Goal That Makes Other Obsessions Look Like Garbage
Being a disciple is not just about attending church once a week, or on the “special” times throughout the year, like Christmas and Easter, putting some surplus cash in the […]
6 Truths I Learned from Randy Gariss About Emotional Maturity
Isn’t it frustrating when recipients of God’s lavish grace bark at each other during the church board meeting? Or when a sermon fills you with a blaze of courage only […]
Efficiency and Discipleship
On our little hobby farm, we recently introduced some new birds to our existing flock of layers. The new girls are a traditional breed of chicken that was once one […]
Four Evangelism Lessons From Las Vegas
In 2010 my family started a new church just off the Las Vegas Strip. This month, we are merging with a great church called The Crossing. In between was a […]
Preaching: Knowing the People We Live Among
In The 21st Century Pastor, David Fisher discusses when he moved from rural Goldendale, Washington, to historic Park Street Church in downtown Boston. The move forced him to acknowledge the […]
Naaman, Elisha, and Do We Want to Follow?
Naaman’s servants went to him and said, “My father, if the prophet had told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more, then, […]
The 3 People I Should Ask to Be Part of a Disciple Making Group
Are you convicted that you ought to be making disciples, but you just don’t know where to start? The purpose of this article is to identify the type of individual […]