THREE REASONS WHY TRADITIONAL DISCIPLESHIP DOESN’T WORK

By On April 26, 2013 · Leave a Comment

There has been much discussion and many articles or books written to address the decline of the church in recent years. Some, including me, have stated that the decline feeds the decline because of a lack of genuine discipleship. In other terms, an investment in discipleship is an investment in evangelism futures. My books

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MISCONCEPTIONS OF LEADERSHIP

By On March 7, 2013 · Leave a Comment

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I am making an ongoing collection of leadership misconceptions and I have gathered twenty two to get the list started. Perhaps the list will help readers in some way and be discussion starters. I did not come up with all of these and in fact gathered them from various [...]

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DO OTHERS SEE YOUR FAITH?

By On January 21, 2013 · Leave a Comment

The Simple Discipleship process includes four primary value dimensions based on the four color fields or quadrants surrounding the cross—Worship (red), Word (blue), Ministry (yellow), and Missions (green). The words summarize four broad dimensions of the Christian life and may also be stated—Know Christ, Grow in Christ, Serve Christ, and Share Christ. Much, if not [...]

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ANYONE CAN BE A SERVANT OF GOD

By On January 20, 2013 · Leave a Comment

The Simple Discipleship process includes four primary value dimensions based on the four color fields or quadrants surrounding the cross—Worship (red), Word (blue), Ministry (yellow), and Missions (green). The words summarize four broad dimensions of the Christian life and may also be stated—Know Christ, Grow in Christ, Serve Christ, and Share Christ. Much, if not [...]

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LIVING THE DREAM OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

By On January 19, 2013 · Leave a Comment

There he stands carved in stone in the new memorial in Washington, D.C. commemorating his legacy. The look on the face of his likeness that is carved into the marble looks stern and demanding that we make his dream a reality in our time. Of course I am writing about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. [...]

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A SANCTITY OF HUMAN LIFE LESSON

By On January 17, 2013 · Leave a Comment

 

The third Sunday in January is traditionally designated as “Sanctity of Human Life Sunday.” The day will pass with little fanfare in the nation or even in many churches even though over 55 million babies have been aborted since Roe vs. Wade made abortion on demand legal in the U.S. [...]

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YOUR PERSONAL GREMLIN

YOUR PERSONAL GREMLIN

By On January 16, 2013 · Leave a Comment

The “gremlin series” of articles I have written has been hugely successful with over 40,000 readers all total. Human nature tends to lead us to see the gremlins in the lives of other people but if that is all you see then you are missing the point.  A gremlin in this sense is a self-defeating [...]

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Bull In Sheep's Clothing

BULLS IN SHEEP’S CLOTHING

By On January 1, 2013 · 2 Comments

For the first time in many years I am currently not serving as a pastor of a local church and find myself in a reflective mood. Having enjoyed over 20 years of service as a pastor, I have observed not only wolves in sheep’s clothing preying on the vulnerable people in the church, but [...]

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THE TOP 10 SIMPLE DISCIPLESHIP POSTS OF 2012

By On December 30, 2012 · Leave a Comment

It has become a tradition to post an article sharing the top 10 Simple Discipleship articles of the year. Writing is an interesting endeavor. Articles the writer expects will receive broad readership often get little attention and the opposite is also true. I did not count on the Gremlin articles to get such high [...]

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30 Coaching Questions to Create your Ministry Leadership Development Plan

By On December 22, 2012 · Leave a Comment

The Mayans were wrong and the world did not end on December 21, 2012 as they predicted. My grandson told me, “If the Mayans were so good at predicting the future, maybe they would still be around.” Well stated! It looks like we are faced with a New Year. Has this past year been so [...]

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