In my previous blog, I made the point that talking about vision in many cases has become practice in futility. We have mistaken fantasy for vision and used popular buzz words to make ourselves appear to be great men and women of faith. For years I’ve been told that all Christian leaders have to have [...]
For years I’ve been told that Christian leaders need to have a vision. “Where there is no vision the people perish, (Proverbs 29:18)” has been preached to me more times than I can count. “What’s your vision, brother?” seems to be one of the favorite questions we ask each other at ministerial gatherings; one that [...]
Discipleship starts at different points in every individual’s life. Every person is different. We all begin our spiritual journeys at different starting points. Therefore, discipleship has to be customized. One size DOES NOT fit all. Discipleship is not a formula. It’s not a set recipe. People are not computers and no discipleship program will upload [...]
One of the biggest dangers that Christians face is thinking inside the proverbial religious box. When we talk about “a great move of God” or “revival,” we often contextualize it inside a church building. We get visions of people coming to a building, worshipping God, hearing a fiery evangelist and flooding the altar for prayer. [...]
When the children of Israel needed water, God gave it to them. His servant Moses took his shepherd’s staff and struck a particular rock in the desert. Out gushed fresh, cool water for the thirsty masses. They were filled and satisfied on their journey. A few weeks later the children of Israel were thirsty again. [...]
There are valuable lessons that a follower of Christ can learn from being on a team. Not only is connecting to a team necessary to get into the game, it’s also a way for God to bring His children into maturity. Being on a team will invariably provide the necessary situations that Christians must encounter [...]
My first experience at being on a team was in the fourth grade. I fell into it by accident. We had moved to a new town after my third grade year. For the first time in my life, I was a city kid – if you could call it that! Waverly had only about 5,000 [...]
The worship of individuality is a uniquely American concept. Although it is shared by other western nations whose worldview was fashioned by the ancient Greeks, Americans have taken it to a whole new level. Rugged individualism is part of our mythology. We applaud one-man armies like Rambo. We love to watch old John Wayne movies [...]
I’ve heard all of the excuses people give for not going to church. You’ve heard them, too. They all have the same storyline… A person is offended in church. They get hurt by what somebody said or did. They stop attending. They decide that they can love God on their own. They disconnect and stay [...]
When the Holy Spirit came on the Day of Pentecost, He was poured out in a group setting. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit as a group. When you read about the various times when the Holy Spirit filled individual believers in the Book of Acts, you will find that He did so [...]
