Joel and I recently went with his fifth grade class on a week-long field trip to Washington D.C.. We had an afternoon at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. As we were walking into the building, I remembered the name and concept behind my podcast (Strike the Match) were inspired […]
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The further we move away from biblical language to describe our actions, the greater the likelihood our actions will move away from biblical purposes. The further we move away from biblical models to guide our actions, the greater the likelihood our actions will move away from biblical purposes. Without the […]
Time to Stop Talking about Missions and Church Planting?
If you are a regular at this blog, you know one of the missing components in preaching today is a hermeneutic that includes the mission of God. Thankfully, a great deal of preaching in evangelical circles is expositional and Christocentric. However, we still have a long way to go before […]
5 Commitments of a People on Mission with God
I had the honor of spending yesterday with the wonderful brothers and sisters of the Houston Church Planting Network. If you are in the Houston area, you need to link arms with them. Chad Clarkson serves as the Executive Director. You may contact him HERE. I spoke on the topic […]
Developing and Leading Apostolic Church Planting Teams
Pew Research posted a brief article last month on global remittance flows. It contains an excellent interactive map worth your time. In 2016, an estimated $574 billion dollars (US) was sent by migrants back to their home countries. While that number is slightly down from the previous year, that is […]
Bridges of God in 2018
It is great to be back on the blog after taking time off in January. The past three months have been crazy-busy. I have been serving as the interim Global Disciple Making Pastor with Brook Hills since the end of last year and recently finished the third season of Strike […]
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