The image that often comes to mind whenever we hear the word “evangelist” is a Billy Graham, Billy Sunday, or George Whitefield. Maybe we think of a John Wesley or a Francis Asbury. Or, the image is that guy on the college campus stopping students on the way to classes […]
JD
Philosophy advocates if something is true, then the opposite of that something is false. Such is the law of non-contradiction in the realm of logic. While the present mood pushes against this longstanding value (“only a Sith deals in absolutes”), much of society wants such to be true but refuses […]
A Powerful Apologetic for the Western World
The biblical storyline reveals a God who remains faithful to His promises which require the ongoing sending of Himself and His servants into a tragically suffering and deeply needy world to accomplish His mission of redemption and restoration. Mission began with God, is sustained by God, and will culminate with […]
The Apostolic God
The Gospel Coalition just announced the winners of their 2022 annual book awards. A few months ago, I was notified Apostolic Imagination had been nominated, which I never expected. And I never expected the book would receive an award. While it was not the winner in the Missions and Global […]
Gospel Coalition 2022 Book Awards
Somewhere along the way, we decided it was impossible, or at least improbable, for the Church to experience rapid numerical growth and significant sanctification. I started marking such conversations in my journey as I heard them in the United States in the early 1990s. Many of you can provide earlier […]
Pick One: Church Maturation or Multiplication–for We Can’t have Both, ...
Today is the first day of Season 8 of Strike the Match! Over the past seven seasons, I have addressed a variety of topics related to missions, innovation, and leadership, but we will focus on one topic this season: theology of mission. Earlier this year, I published Theology of Mission: […]