I return to the discussion of the apostolic imagination in this episode. The majority of evangelicals do not subscribe to an evangelistic priority when it comes to the Church’s missionary activity. The priority is no priority. This is a recent development in history. As twentieth century theologians returned to the […]
Discipleship
Entrepreneur posted a helpful article today. Generation Z, born between 1995-2010, comprise 20% of the workforce. This percentage will increase, for many remain students. Those of us leading Gen Z and working to develop them into leaders need all the help we can get. 🙂 Here are 6 important things […]
6 Characteristics of Gen Z
I have been with Samford University two years and loving it (actually 2.5)! It was a great honor to join the new Christian Ministry Department a few weeks before things launched. Founder, professor, and executive director, Dr. Scott Guffin and I were the only faculty when the first classes were […]
Christian Ministry @ Samford University
What an oxymoron. Gospel proclamation was a dangerous task throughout the New Testament. Someone could pick up a rock and throw it at you (e.g., Acts 7)! In some places, it remains that dangerous. As of now, gospel proclamation is safe in North America and throughout most of the West. […]
Safe Evangelism
Whenever the moral foundation of a society begins to crumble, the structures and people above that foundation do not feel its immediate effects. Decline is usually a gradual process. The writer of Proverbs states: “Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you. Ponder the path […]
A People Deep within the Forest
When Denny Spitters and Matthew Ellison published When Everything is Missions, they drew attention to the Church’s present state in which she (particularly in North America) finds herself in relation to her global task. If you do not have a copy of their book, go HERE and get it now. […]