Evangelicals love stories. We greatly delight in hearing what the Spirit is doing in local churches and across the world. Such reporting is encouraging and biblical (Acts 14:27). We love missionary biographies. In fact, I’m reading The Life of David Brainerd at the moment. The Church needs stories about ministry […]
stories
Do you regularly tell tales? Leaders tell well the magnificent tales. Paul did this (2 Thess 1:4). I do this. “The lips of the wise spread knowledge” (Prov 15:7, ESV). What are you going to tell today? ——— What does innovation in missions look like? I addressed this topic last […]
Telling Tales
We love signs. We want signs. Without a sign, we don’t move. I recently heard of two pastors locked in conversation. One shared with the other his thoughts on multiplying disciples and churches. His ideas were biblical and simple, but did not fit the traditional paradigm. The other pastor replied, […]