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July 2018

July 03, 2018

What is the Strategy Your Church Has for Reaching the World?

"There are two strategies to reach the world. The first one is to recruit the...

July 14, 2017

Tom Nelson: The Day I Confessed Pastoral Malpractice

"Years ago, I stood before my congregation to make a heartfelt confession. It was indeed...

April 2017

April 28, 2017

The Great (and Worrisome) Irony of APEST

There is an irony that might be missed by those who have embraced the APEST...

April 21, 2017

A Caring Critique of Alan Hirsch’s APEST Paradigm for Churches

So, I was going through my Facebook feed and came across a post on April...

March 2017

March 16, 2017

Are There Two Kinds of Grace?

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. As God created everything in...

February 2017

February 03, 2017

The Callings that Only Come from the Holy Spirit

Skye Jethani, in a great insight in his book, Futureville (and also discussed in this...

September 2016

September 07, 2016

Churches are Not Reaching the Young Adult Generation: A Solution

So you are concerned about losing a whole generation from the church. We all are....

August 2016

August 18, 2016

Church Ministry Nurturing Marriage is Not More Important than Church Ministry Nurturing Work

Just listened to one of Phil Vischer’ excellent podcasts, where Phil and co-host Skye Jethani...

April 2016

April 26, 2016

Shalom is the Way it is Meant to Be

PEACE. It has the connotation in English of quiet tranquility and calm restfulness. But in...

March 2016

March 14, 2016

Overcoming Narcigesis: A Preaching Matrix to Help Pastors in Sermon Preparation

Introducing the (re)integrate preaching application matrix. Chris Rosebrough (the "Captain" of Pirate Christian Media)...

February 2016

February 08, 2016

“Time, Talents, & Treasure” – Overcoming False Dualism

We need to be very careful in how we articulate things. I’ve been teaching stewardship...

December 2015

December 17, 2015

The Holy Spirit and Vocation: Spiritual Gifts for Work

The role of God’s Spirit cannot be ignored in the concept of calling. For if...

December 04, 2015

I Don’t Believe in Being Platonic

The Greek philosopher Plato can be blamed for a lot of our misperceptions about the...

November 2015

November 30, 2015

Secular/Sacred Dualism is Destroying Our Mission

There is an ongoing assumption in much of North American Christianity that salvation is focused...

November 06, 2015

Video Podcast: Bob Robinson – “The Roadmap”

In this sermon preached at Trinity Chuch in Mentor, Ohio, Bob Robinson gives an overview,...

October 2015

October 24, 2015

Quotable Saturdays: John Stott – The False Hierarchy of Christianity

“We often give the impression that if a young Christian man is really keen for...

October 13, 2015

Spiritual Gifts – They’re Not Just for Church

A third way to understand Spiritual Gifts As a pastor, I have administered plenty of...

October 10, 2015

Quotable Saturdays: Padilla – Mission is Faithful When it is Holistic.

“The reduction of the Christian mission to the oral communication of a message of...

September 2015

September 21, 2015

Kingdom of God: Both Cosmic and Particular

Seventh, and final, post in a series on the Kingdom of God. In my previous...

September 18, 2015

Kingdom of God: Is it Bigger than the Church?

Sixth in a series on the Kingdom of God. For many in the Reformed tradition,...

September 09, 2015

Kingdom of God: Specific to Christians and the Church?

Third in a Series on the Kingdom of God. We've been discussing the 8...

September 04, 2015

Kingdom of God: Why “Already / Not Yet” is Not Enough

For much of the 20th Century, Dispensationalists taught that the kingdom is strictly a future...

August 2015

August 31, 2015

8 Very Different Ways to View the Kingdom of God

First in a series on the Connections Between the Kingdom of God, Missional Ministry, and...

August 25, 2015

We Are Sent Ones

As God Sent Jesus, Jesus Now Sends Us The Great Commission is very often pointed...

August 19, 2015

Northeast Ohio Pastors Event: “Entrepreneurship for Human Flourishing”

A One-day Retreat for Pastors led by Peter Greer, President and CEO of Hope International Thursday,...

August 19, 2015

Holistic Gospel or Just Evangelism? Some Still Cling to the Latter

In a couple of previous posts, I discussed the concept of "Holistic Mission" (via Christopher...

August 14, 2015

Church Leaders: Please Affirm the High Calling of Our Daily Work

Church leaders, rightly, have a primary thing on their mind: The mandate to see people...

August 07, 2015

The Gospel: Both “Social Action” and “Evangelism”

Ronald J. Sider, founder of Evangelicals for Social Action and author of Rich Christians in an...

August 05, 2015

Holistic Mission for the Church

Christopher Wright, in addressing the Lausanne Committee, wrote, “Holistic mission includes the whole of what...

August 04, 2015

Let’s (re)integrate the Mission of the Church!

Is the mission of God exclusively about evangelism or is it about that, and something...