I don’t want simpleminded simplicity, I want complex simplicity. No one is against simplicity–we all want things to be simple. Sir Isaac Newton said it this way, “Nature is pleased...
The leader is given counsel–hard counsel, but good counsel. It is accountability on a point that would make her a better leader. What happens next is hard to perceive,...
The number of people who sit in a church service doesn’t mean a whole lot if you didn’t do something in them and through them to Christ’s glory. Church...
I was preparing to rewrite my Master’s thesis, which had underwhelmed my advisor. He seemed particularly skeptical of my Theological background, so he told me to “spend a year reading everything...
Evangelicals are often defined by what they are against instead of what they are for. I am a part of a sub-section of the larger Evangelical church that is more...
[I was recently interviewed alongside Ed Stetzer and James Bradford about Cultural Myths and the church over at PE News, an Assemblies of God publication. Among other news, the image...
[You can download “Why Christians Count” as a PDF handout by clicking here] Why do Christians, when they get together, count the numbers? If you are new to church,...
As a leader from time to time I become frustrated that my vision for my organization has not yet become our vision. The “our” in that changes depending on...
