February, 2010

Why Love Motivates So Much Better Than Guilt

Guilt is a bad motivator. It's furious but short because like fire, it only lasts as long as it has something to consume. …(Continue Reading)

Jesus is Not Going on Vacation

My friend, Steven Montgomery, texted me today with a powerful thought... …(Continue Reading)

Organic Versus Structure...Elusive, Painful, Worth It

Some days as a church planter I feel stretched between organic growth and putting structure into the ministry. …(Continue Reading)

7 Patterns of Missional LIving

Denny Henderson, church planter of Hill Country Bible UT developed a very helpful three step reminder for living missionally: …(Continue Reading)

God's Gentle Persistence

Like a mighty river ebbing slowly along, I marvel at how God draws His people closer and closer to Himself so slowly yet so persistently! He never hurries yet never slacks. …(Continue Reading)

Like an Omnivore

Like an omnivore, sin eats everything in its path, and will not stop, until it has utterly destroyed its host. …(Continue Reading)

Sunday's Saying - Get Out of the Castle

Christian apologetics is not like living in a castle with the drawbridge up and occasionally tossing a stone over the walls. …(Continue Reading)

Ask God...

Ask God to move church leaders in the US and around the world to not live to preserve but live to love and lead. …(Continue Reading)

Friday's Reflection - Greatest Sin of the Church

The greatest sin of the church is self-preservation. A church that is willing to fail is the healthiest and most alive ~ Neil Cole …(Continue Reading)

If you want to live missionally...

The key to missional living is knowing that God loves you furiously not because of what you do for Him but because of what He did for you on the cross. …(Continue Reading)