Sincerity is not sufficiency. We have a heart for the lost. We want to reach the unreached peoples living in North America–and the rest of the world. We need to be students of the Word. We need to walk in step with the Spirit. We have a heart for the […]
The math teacher who offers students a model for doing basic arithmetic prepares his or her class for algebra and geometry to come. But, woe to that teacher who fails to teach that which is to be carried with a generation into high school and college; he stops the advancement […]
Where the Buck Stops in the Kingdom
Reality #1 Hello. I’m J. D., and I’m a pastor in your community. Really? Where is your church? Oh? Um. Our church has not started yet… Reality #2 Hello. I’m J. D., and this is my family. We’re with a new church in town. Really? Where is your church? […]
Most Critical Issue in Church Planting
“But he would withdraw to desolate places and pray” (Luke 5:16, ESV). Shocking words! Unbelievable words! I mean, how could He? He only had a ministry span of three years. Time was ticking. He knew this. He just healed a man with leprosy (v. 12-13). Word about Him started to […]
To Save the Crowds, Get Away from Them
Hasty expectations hinder the birth and multiplication of churches. Plant your churches, just make sure they have all of this stuff, and these structures, and these activities, and these twenty-five marks, and these forty-one purposes, and this affiliation, and give that amount of money. Such is okay when we start […]
Plant the Church that Is, not the Church to Come
We live in the instant. Human interconnectedness has increased across the globe. On our phones we can get news of protest marches happening in Cairo, Skype with someone in Tokyo, and receive e-mails from Bangladesh–simultaneously. We move in the moment. A person can physically be anywhere on the planet within […]
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