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on making the vintage faith relevant againPreacher: You Are Necessary! Thoughts on the Preacher as a Living Voice for the Living Word
Here is another column I wrote for Zondervan's Engaging Church Blog. This one's for preachers, an encouragement that you are necessary: “…the task of preaching assumes that the preacher is necessary to the task. The preacher provides a living voice for the living...
read moreFirst Sunday of Advent
Almighty God, give us grace to cast away the works of darkness, and put on the armor of light, now in the time of this mortal life in which your Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility; that in the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious majesty...
read more“Adventures in Churchland”—The Book for People Who Think the Church is Messed Up
My column from Monday on Dan Kimballs new book, Adventures in Churchland. In short: buy this book for everyone you know who's left and fed-up with the Church “Yeah, the church is messed up!” (Actually, she used a different word for ‘messed,’ which I’ll allow you to...
read moreThe Only Thing That Matters for Spiritual Influence is Integrity: Build it, says Mel Lawrenz
From my weekly Monday morning column at Engaging Church Blog: “The highest currency leaders trade on is trust.” How’s that for a Monday morning reminder! And what a reminder it is, especially at the start of a week that well tempt us in any number of ways to violate...
read moreTackling The Blank Page Dilemma: Andy Stanley on Content That Matters for Deep & Wide Ministries
From my weekly Monday column at Zondervan's EngagingChurchBlog.com. This one's on Andy Stanley's new book, Deep & Wide, and is for anyone who teaches in the Church, whether lead pastor or small group leader. It’s Monday morning and if you’re the lead pastor, or...
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