What time is it? It is time for season 4 of Strike the Match! After 50 episodes, I kick off this season by addressing my recent transition to Samford University. Earlier this summer, I announced this move on the blog. However, I thought it would be good to provide an […]
Kingdom citizens
A few years ago, I wrote about the potential of Kingdom citizens putting their culinary skills to use for global disciple making and church planting. We can go to the world through the stomach. NPR recently reminded me of this potential when they did a story on an Omani cookbook […]
Wanted: Cooks for the Kingdom
A flight from London to New York in 30 minutes? It does sound far fetched, but this article tells the story. Would any Kingdom citizens of the nineteenth century have believed the technological advances of the twenty-first? What would the Moravians of the eighteenth century have done with the technology […]
London to New York in 30 min?
We reproduce what we know; we know what is modeled before us. As a pastor, I have the honor of seeing members regularly sent from The Church at Brook Hills to the unreached people groups in Birmingham, across North America, and throughout the world. As a faith family, we are […]
Sterility of Complexity
Kingdom citizens are called to love God with all of their minds (Matt 22:37). They are called to be people of understanding, for “the wise lay up knowledge” (Prov 10:14, ESV). Part of the stewardship that comes with Kingdom citizenship is that of thinking. Thinking about God. Thinking about His […]
Those Who Think, Read
“Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity” (Psalm 133:1, ESV). No one enjoys conflict, especially the kind that comes with others on your team. That kind of conflict really hurts. While we do not like it, it will come. No team is immune to conflict. […]