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Building an Empire or a Church
I recently wrote an article for The Journal of Student Ministries called Leadership in the Desert. It was out of my own painful experience of working in church, and the experience that I went through...
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Last Issue
The last issue of SAM Journal was just published. The issue was on leadership, and I have two articles published in it: Leadership in the DesertLeading Up
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Some Good Thoughts
Here are some articles and blogs that have got me thinking recently. Would be interested in other people’s reactions. Vintage Consumerism (Dan Kimball)The Mission of the Trinity (Simon Chan)A Better...
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Mark Driscoll
I have been a fan of Mark Driscoll for some time. I have read most of his books and his podcasts is one of the ones I listen to when I bike. There was an interesting article about him in Christianity...
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Christianity’s Image Problem?
There is an interesting article in the recent Time magazine about the image problem in Christianity. According to studies done that we recently released in the book unChristian, Christianity is seen...
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Avoid ‘unChristian’ Preaching
David Kinnaman, Presidet of the Barna Group just wrote a book called unChristian, which this article takes a little farther and applies to preaching. You can read the article here. One of the points...
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Missional Theology
Just read John Franke’s article “Teaching Theology from a Missional Perspective.” We often think of theology as something boring and out of touch in our churches, but theology shapes everything that we...
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Missional Assumptions
Reggie McNeal is an old dude that gets it. He is right on when it comes to being missional. His book, The Present Future is a must read for any leader. Recently he wrote an article called “Four...
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The Gospel in All its Forms
I preached on the gospel on Saturday night and this week, I will be sharing some of the things I read to prepare. There were several articles that I came across that were incredibly helpful in thinking...
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The 8 Marks of a Robust Gospel
I preached on the gospel on Saturday night and this week, I will be sharing some of the things I read to prepare. There were several articles that I came across that were incredibly helpful in thinking...
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An Efficient Gospel?
I preached on the gospel on Saturday night and this week, I will be sharing some of the things I read to prepare. There were several articles that I came across that were incredibly helpful in thinking...
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Links of the Week
Perry on 3 things pastors need to know (here, here & here) (Posts of the week) Our new website (I know this is shameless self promotion, but it is my blog) Video for Mark Driscoll’s new book Death...
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Starting a Church Without Losing Your Soul
Ed Stetzer wrote a great article called “Starting a church without losing your soul.” This is a definite must read for any church planter and anyone who is part of a church plant to better understand...
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The Unchurched Next Door are Receptive
This is such a great post, that I had to copy it. Thanks Sam. Ed Stetzer and team recently released one of the largest surveys on Americans’ receptivity to different methods of church invitations....
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Stuff Leaders Should Check Out
Todd Rhoades had a great list of things pastors, leaders and Christians should read about what is happening right now in churches and some interesting leadership learnings: Ten Reasons Why Churches...
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