Behind Closed Doors
And they came to Capernaum. And when he was in the house he asked them, “What were you discussing on the way?” Mark 9:33, ESV The Bible is full of simple life lessons, isn’t it? The story Mark recounts in …
Christ and the Calendar
I care deeply about discipleship, and the calendar is one of the original discipleship tools found in the Old Testament. It’s not quite as simple as that short answer, however. It’s been my experience that when Evangelicals speak of spiritual …
Describe Your Family Table
A few years ago my wife and I were physically and nutritionally depleted. It was obvious our souls were not far behind. We had several emotional breakdowns and deep moments of discussion and prayer. After identifying our burnout, we knew …
What Calendar did Jesus Use?
I had to write about the Jewish and Christian calendars. Why? The short answer is that I care deeply about discipleship, and the calendar is one of the original discipleship tools found in the Old Testament. It’s not quite as simple …
Escape Performance, Be Captured by Grace
Soon after my conversion to Christianity, I began laboring in the work of ministry…I convinced myself during my initial days of salvation that busyness equaled holiness. If I was idle, I was sinning and God was mad at me. Couple …
Does the Bible Really Say That?
When I was a young Christian, the Holy Spirit put in my heart such a yearning for Scripture that I began reading through the New Testament every week. By the end of my second week, I was astonished at what …
6 Steps to Prevent Misquoting Scripture
Don’t just think you are quoting the Bible, know you are. These six guidelines will help you teach with accuracy—and fill in the gaps with contextual understanding. Don’t assume that you know what a passage means based on how others …
Don’t Start Something; Join Something
We are too quick to want to start movements and too slow to join them. We live in a culture of advocacy. We are overwhelmed by causes banding together to fight deep injustices. It’s in our faces and our social …
9 Leadership Truths Worth Tweeting
Lessons learned throughout your life will become the underlying assumptions to guide you. Eventually, your ministry philosophy will hinge on these life leadership lessons. While all leaders operate from a ministry philosophy, effective leaders articulate it well. Here is a …
May I See Your I.D. Please?
See how very much our Father loves us, for he calls us his children, and that is what we are! But the people who belong to this world don’t recognize that we are God’s children because they don’t know him. …