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Incarnational God, Incarnational Scripture

If God became man in order to speak to men, perhaps the Scripture speaks in human terms in order to connect with its readers.

The Gospel of Discouragement

In an upside-down world, we sometimes fall prey to the "bad news" of discouragement.

Why “Biblical” Often Tends to Be Unbiblical

Kyle Strobel: "To be truly biblical...we must be undone by Jesus."

5 Ways to Shorten Your Sermon

Sometimes, the toughest decision is not what to include, but what to cut.

8 Essential Leadership Lessons

Nelson Mandela’s eight lessons of leadership with insights from Doug Lawrence

Create a Property

I once attended a seminar about the economics of making movies led by Perry Lanaro, the vice president of corporate finance for...

6 Tips On Identifying And Developing Talented People

The NCAA has levied sanctions against UConn head basketball coach Jim Calhoun for improper recruiting violations.  While the university’s techniques may have come into...

What Do Wisconsin and Egypt Teach Us About Leadership?

The news from both the Middle East and the midwest has been interesting lately.  On the one hand, government leaders in Egypt, ...

Fight the (Good) Fight!

As Eugene Cho commented recently, it’s altogether too easy to act like a jerk in the name of “contending” for the Gospel. I think Rob...

I’ve Changed my Stance on “Attractional”: How Mike Breen Converted Me

This post was originally supposed to be a review of Mike Breen and Alex Absalom’s field guide for leading missional communities entitled ...

Beware: The Bible Is About to Threaten Your Smartphone Focus

Are apps a threat to God-focus? Yes. But it works both ways. Fight fire with fire. If you are reading your Bible on your computer...

The Myth of Teenage Rebellion

When I spoke at the D6 Conference, I made an off-handed statement that has generated a lot of questions. In that talk, I...

Into All Truth (John 16:13)? (NT Tidbit #3)

“When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth.” (John 16:13) As mysterious as this phrase sounds, and as often...

Turning on the Lights

Familiar verses trip me up. I know that may seem odd, but that’s been the challenge of studying the Book of Job. I...

Labels End the Conversation

Once I can label you, I can stop listening. Or at least that’s how we tend to act isn’t it?Because apparently once you know...

5 Steps to a Good Sermon

I’m doing a couple of breakout sessions at Velocity today on how to write a Bible-based, Gospel-focused sermon.  In addition to describing our...

Hide and Seek

It is the glory of God to conceal a matter. Proverbs 25:2 There’s a reason God’s will in specific situations is so difficult to ...

Five Conclusions I Firmly Believe

God’s been really stretching/challenging me lately as I’ve been reading through the New Testamant.  The other morning in reading through the book...

The Abortion Rights Movement Makes Heroes Out of Child-Killers

Remember the notorious Pennsylvania abortionist exposed in January, whose practices even the secular media labeled as inhuman and monstrous? (See my blog...

Do You Preach To The Hurting?

Our people come to us with various issues. Some of them may be waiting for a test from the doctor to come...

John Lindell Calls Mark Driscoll To Repent for ‘Trying To Destroy...

During an evening service on Wednesday (April 17), Pastor John Lindell of James River Church in Ozark, Missouri, accused controversial Pastor Mark Driscoll of attempting to sow division in Lindell's family.

Rebecca McLaughlin on Whether Christians Can Agree To Disagree About Same-Sex...

Dr. Rebecca McLaughlin joins “The Stetzer ChurchLeaders Podcast” to talk about how church leaders can respond to common arguments that use the Bible to affirm same-sex relationships, the “why” behind God’s design for marriage, and the “beautiful and glorious vision” Christianity has for friendship.

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