The American Church model of body life is about as far from Jesus’ model as it is from here to Jerusalem. All my life I’ve hungered for more than ...
"God can testify how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus." Phil. 1:8 I'll begin with a confession. A year and a half ago, my o...
We think of an imitation as a fake, a fraud. But in the world of disciple making, its meaning is exactly the opposite. Paul encourages us to be copies...
Ask any group of Christians how many of them have been discipled and you won’t see many hands raised. Ask the same group how many are discipling som...
A highlight of our weekend visit to the new Atlanta aquarium was the Beluga whale tank. Beluga whales are like giant dolphins with bulbous foreheads. ...
"Preach the Word...correct, rebuke, and encourage." II Timothy 4:2. As Paul gets on in years, he passes his best coaching stuff on to the one guy ...
Let me share a controversial conviction I have: A pastor’s job is not to preach. Preaching is a tool in his tool bag in service to his main job. A p...
One more thought about yesterday’s blog: The result of pastors who have misunderstood their role and the place of a sermon as a part of that role is...
Jannie and Dodie Botha are marriage counselors from South Africa. They have a simple tool they give couples that works wonders - it cuts through a lot...
I've watched women in the South particularly victimized by this. We all have it to some degree, but then, some of us really struggle and it keeps us f...
