“People are against religion, you know…” I’d just sat down to eat my two hot dogs when the man sharing our table informed me that people are against religion, including him. My wife and I were...
About a hundred years ago, while I was in high school, I memorized the entire Gospel of Matthew for a 1960s style “Bible Quiz.” I got a scholarship out of the deal along with a fierce understanding...
Planting microchurches as a freelance pastor carries many strong benefits. There are the obvious financial strengths like medical benefits, paid vacations with bonuses and retirement accounts. These...
I was sitting in a pub in Cork, Ireland when an interesting blog popped up in my email. In, “Rural Matters: Part of God’s Plan to Transform Our Communities and Our World,” Ed Stetzer points to the...
Had an interesting conversation, yesterday, about church planting and evangelism. A strong financial supporter of my Mission Hope ministry overseas challenged me to include evangelism in the things I...
Every wonder why the gospel grows so fast in developing nations? I think it is because its presented in simpler terms. And this has implications for the church in America. I’ve planted three...
“A mistake is not something to be determined after the fact, but in the light of the information until that point.” The above quote if from Fooled by Randomness by Nassim Taleb. He’s the...
