As I mentioned in my last post, I am really grateful for the prophetic voices of Francis Chan and David Platt, and moreso by the fact that they are backing up their exhortations with radical demonstration.
Archive for April 2010
The New Middle Road by Francis Chan
April 30, 2010I think Francis Chan puts a stinging critique in a humorous way of popular Christianity today, much like David Platt’s new book Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream (review forthcoming). HT: The Resurgence
Lig Duncan’s Message to Young Pastors at T4G
April 29, 2010One of the most encouraging and challenging messages I heard while in Louisville during Together for the Gospel was the 10 minute talk by Ligon Duncan where he answered the question, “If you, an experienced pastor, had 10 minutes to exhort 200 of the next generation of ministers what would you say to them?” His [...]
Jared Wilson on Under-Programming Church
April 28, 201010 excellent reasons to under-program your church from Jared Wilson. Check them out: 1. You can do a lot of things in a mediocre (or poor) way, or you can do a few things extremely well. 2. Over-programming creates an illusion of fruitfulness that may just be busy-ness. 3. Over-programming is a detriment to single-mindedness [...]
Love Your Neighbor – A New Series
April 27, 2010I confess. I do not love my neighbors as I should. Last week, as I was running through the streets of my city, I realized how much easier it is to connect with people in the virtual world than in the real world. The common interests and pursuits provide pathways for networking online that are [...]
Monday Is for Kingly Administration
April 26, 2010For the past two years, I have had the privilege of serving on the pastoral team of Grace Baptist Church. A major part of my work has been thinking through the nuts and bolts of ministry design and how we can be better stewards of the resources available to us for greater gospel advance. This [...]
Between Hyper-Calvinism and Pragmatism
April 23, 2010For the past couple of weeks, I have been working through the book of Nehemiah. One of the books that has been helpful to me is J.I. Packer’s A Passion for Faithfulness. This week, I have been working through chapter 3, which is quite fascinating. In his chapter on “Man-management,” Packer explains how some people [...]
All I Have Is Christ
April 22, 2010From NEXT 2009 Conference
Gospel-driven churches ought to be attractive
April 20, 2010Jared Wilson: The gospel is the most compelling, the most fascinating, the most incomprehensibly wonderful news ever. So how come we don’t preach or teach or talk like it is? Fog-and-lasers churches don’t trust that the good news is compelling. Sturm und drang churches don’t act like it is. It is true that the cross [...]
Francis Chan is not hugging the balance beam
April 19, 2010I don’t know Francis Chan as well as I do other leaders among the younger evangelical movement, but what I do know, I really appreciate. Belos is a video where he explains how God is leading him to the unknown from pastoring for 16 years at Cornerstone Church in Simi Valley, CA. Lets pray for [...]
2010 Band of Bloggers Rewind – Audio (MP3)
April 18, 2010The audio of the 2010 Band of Bloggers is now available. Thank you, Sojourn Church, for volunteering your equipment and team as well as making this audio available to the public. Download: 2010 Band of Bloggers (MP3)
2010 Band of Bloggers Rewind – YouTube Clips
April 17, 2010My good friend Tony Kummer surprised me by capturing video of the 2010 Band of Bloggers via his Flip and has posted them in 10 separate clips on YouTube. A complete video will hopefully be available soon. Here are the clips in order of the meeting . . . Introduction Jared Wilson – Idolatry as [...]
2010 Band of Blogger Rewind – Photos
April 16, 2010Chuck Heeke, one of the stellar photographers of Sojourn Church, came out and snapped some images of the 2010 Band of Bloggers gathering. Be sure to check out his photo album on Flickr. Thank you Chuck! Here are some photos I took with my iPhone from the 2010 Band of Bloggers. More here.
2010 Band of Bloggers Rewind – Thank You
April 15, 2010I’ve been back from Louisville for a couple of days but have not been able to update the blog for various reasons more important than blogging. In any case, I’m glad to be back and want to give you all an update on the 2010 Band of Bloggers gathering. I will be posting audio, video, [...]
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