Outreach Leaders

Racial Justice: Peter, Paul and Race

Last fall on Twitter I made the claim that Paul confronted Peter (as recounted in Galatians 2:11ff.) out of a concern for racial justice as...

Perspective Is Everything

Within the first few minutes of waking up, we determine the mindset we will have for the day. If we do not choose it, someone...

Isaiah 53 Personalized for Sexual Abuse

Turn what you read into a prayer. Use the word of Scripture to help you articulate your pain, your questions, your fear, your anger…

Tithe: Four Spheres That Need Your Financial Gifts

These New Testament passages illustrate giving to four groups to advance the gospel—the local church, family, the poor and missions.

5 Essential Steps in Planting a Church or Launching a Ministry

Through the years I have been asked hundreds of times about what I would say are the critical steps in planting or launching a...

The Mainstreaming of Sexual Fluidity

A recent U.K. study revealed that nearly half of all young people don’t think they are exclusively heterosexual.

Christ’s Terms for Discipleship

Many popular teachings emphasizing prosperity, success and self-fulfillment have paid too little attention to cross-bearing as a necessary condition for Christian discipleship.