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Yesterday morning, we talked about prayer. Actually, this is the third of five church meetings that have been dedicated to teaching /discussing about prayer. Interestingly, in all the Scripture that was read, we didn’t find anything that said, “Close your eyes and bow your head.” Anyway, there were alot of questions raised about prayer, and there were not alot of answers. But, it was still a great time discussing and helping one...

Ed Stetzer recently published a post called “You Can’t Love a City if You Don’t Know a City, Pt 1.” While the post is primarily about the importance of research (you know, he does research), that’s not really what I want to talk about. Instead, I want to talk about something he brings up in his first paragraph: “The city” is an emerging phrase that seems to be embraced by a growing number of Christians. ...

The title of this post comes from an email that Wayne from “Lifestream Blog” posted in his article “The Myth of Full-Time Ministry.” In the post, Wayne publishes an email that he received from a man who is planning to leave his position as a full-time missionary to Russia in which he was supported by a mission board. Why? To be a full-time missionary. Doesn’t make sense? Well, maybe this snippet will help: My wife an...

When I meet people, and when God brings our lives together such that we spend alot of time together, it is easy for me to work hard on their behalf. It is easy for me to think about praying for them, encouraging them to trust God and live for him, or even serving them through needs that I learn about in their life. But, what about people that I don’t know that well? What about people that I’ve never met but only heard about through ot...

Arthur at “The Voice of One Crying Out in Suburbia” has a problem. You see, in his latest post “Be Like Bob,” Arthur describes a church leader named Bob who helps a church begin serve God and serve others for themselves. According to Arthur, the church begins to take part in living the gospel (that’s what it is, by the way), that soon Bob doesn’t do everything anymore, and he can work and support his family and...

Have you given much thought to the Bereans? Yeah, I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking that this is going to be another one of those posts that encourages everyone to study Scripture for themselves in order to determine if something that a teacher or book or whatever says is true. That’s fine and good. But, that’s not the point of this post. Have you given much thought to the Bereans, really… in their context...

Two years ago, I wrote a two part series on the use of monologue (one person speaking) and dialogue (multiple people speaking) when the church meets. The first post was called “Monologue and Dialogue – defining the question.” I re-published that post yesterday. This is the second post, called “Monologue and Dialogue – examining Scripture.” ——————————&#...

Two years ago, I wrote a two part series on the use of monologue (one person speaking) and dialogue (multiple people speaking) when the church meets. The first post was called “Monologue and Dialogue – defining the question.” I will post the second part of this series tomorrow. ——————————————————————...

Joel at “The Double Edged Sword” has written a post that has made me stop and think… seriously. The post is called “If I…” Short name… but big post. He begins by noting that if he stood against the common enemies of American evangelicalism, then he would be heralded a hero. But, what if he stood against some of the problems without American Christianity in general and evangelicalism in particular? Joel wr...

Last weekend, my son Jeremy participated in a martial arts camp. Jeremy is a 2nd degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do, and he’s just started learning one of the forms of karate. I noticed something last weekend. During the camp, the instructors talked about the forms and movements, showed the students how to do the forms and movements (and even explained why), then helped the students do the forms and movements. Often, the students would even h...