9 Things I Love to See When I Visit a Church
This generation has been oversold on everything. We can spot it when you’re playing to the crowd.
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Church & Culture
Why the Next Great Move of God Will Make Church People Uncomfortable
All my life I’ve heard preachers talk about a coming worldwide revival. But it hasn’t happened. There have been pockets of excitement. From the Jesus Movement of the 1970s, to the worship wave that started in the 1990s, to local spiritual outbreaks today (along with controversy over their genuineness and effectiveness). The one thing they
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The Undeniable Power Of A Whispered Gospel
We’ve become very noisy and personality-driven in our presentation of the gospel. Sometimes whispering is better than yelling.
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Being The Church In A Post-christian, Postmodern Culture
Is our culture wading through a fog-shrouded liminal bog without the church to help them to the far shore?
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Tired of the Show: Why the Church Can’t (and Shouldn’t) Compete with Hollywood
We will lose the next several generations unless we do one thing. Stop competing, and start doing the Bible stuff better.
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Russ Taff, on Childhood Trauma, Church Hurt, Alcoholism, Fame, & Redemption (Ep 99)
A preacher’s kid with a ton of unacknowledged trauma becomes one of the world’s most heralded Christian singers. This is the Russ Taff story.
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Using Storytelling Techniques to Make Your Message Stick, with Payton Minzenmayer (Ep 94)
Jesus always told stories. The Gospel is a story. The Bible is God’s story. Let’s get better at telling them.
Are You Pastoring Like A Shepherd Or A Sheepdog?
People will only put up with the sheepdog approach for a short time before they ignore the sheepdog or snap back.
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My Top Books Of 2024 (Nonfiction)
Of all the books I read in 2024, several stood out. Here are my ten most notable nonfiction reads.
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Cultivating a Multiethnic Kingdom Culture, with Jamaal Williams and Timothy Paul Jones (Ep 93)
“You don’t need to check your ethnicity at the door of God’s kingdom. Your ethnicity and your culture are part of God’s plan for his praise.”