I’ve been perusing through a book that I read several years ago called “Crucial Confrontations: Tools for resolving broken promises, violated expectations, and bad behavior” and I wanted to write a couple words about some statements made in this book, as well as some personal thoughts on the issue. By “crucial confrontations” the author means…
This issue comes up all the time with high school and college students, as well as young adults that I have personally talked to. Just several years ago a friend of mine who is currently in the ministry and doing wonderful things called me to ask me what I would do if I had found…
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This post by Denny Burke (Dean of Boyce College) is short review of a book called “In the Land of Believers – An Outsider’s Journey inside the Heart of the Evangelical Church.” The author Gina Welch is a Jewish Atheist (yes, I know, you thought people who were Jewish believed in God – not so…
First of all, Dan’s a stud. Secondly, this is a great little read. And thirdly, he’s a friend and someone I have grown to admire as God’s hand is all over him – most recently he became the Campus Pastor at The University of Louisville. Enjoy the read.
As a new senior pastor I have experienced many joys and many burdens. Sometime soon I’ll write about this, but for now I want to draw your attention to one specific burden that has been on my heart months prior to the birth of my first daughter Lucianne (who we adopted almost 15 months ago). The specific…
This is a really fascinating post by Justin Taylor on John Piper’s specific preaching on abortion and racial harmony. It’s worth the read.
I, along with several of my fellow pastors, had the privilege of meeting and talking with Dr. Ed Stetzer this past week at the Youth Pastor Summit in Orlando, FL (thanks to Dr. Jimmy Scroggins) – he’s a brilliant man (Dr. Stetzer…and Jimmy too!) with an astute insight for trends within the Christian culture, particularly the church-at-large. …
Now, you might be expecting me to share all of the profound insights from the various speakers who spoke at the conference. But, I’m not going to do that. Not because I didn’t learn anything because I did, but because they said it a lot better than I ever could. As I was walking through the…
This chapter is exactly why I started a blog. Most of us don’t struggle with expressing ourselves. Most of us can carry a conversation just fine. But I would be willing to bet that if you were asked to write out your thoughts in a grammatically and structurally sound paragraph or two it might be…
Theology Along the Way 