TweetThis is might sound really stuffy, old-fashioned, and totally backward-thinking, but I’m going to say it anyway: Sometimes when I listen to church leaders discuss their leadership methods, I just shut down and stop listening because I can’t shake the nagging lack of biblical basis or justification for their methods. Parts of the Cultivate Conference on Tuesday was the same way for [...]
TweetTo all my other revolution-minded brothers and sisters (especially the saints at New Life Church), mark your calendards. Next Wendesday, November 4th at 7:30 PM ET, for one night only, Hillsong United is showing their new revolution documentary, We’re All in This Together. This is United’s own description of the event: On Wednesday, November 4th, [...]
TweetThe Passion Conferences crew is one of the Church’s most prominent faces to the college demographic globally. I wanted your thoughts about whether you think their newest video effectively communicates the Gospel to that generation. I specifically would love to hear from those of you who don’t identify as Christian. Does this connect with you? [...]
TweetThe following videos have been stirring up conversation across the Church blog world for the past couple months, and I didn’t want to just jump on board and be unoriginal. But I specifically wanted to post them because I want to launch a discussion on this blog, with my own friends/readers. Please watch the videos and comment on this [...]
TweetSo in my last post I spent some time introducing the tension between God’s relentless grace and the concept of rewards in heaven. I’m not sure there is a really simple resolution to this tension, but recently I’ve had considerably more peace about the issue. First, I think it might help to understand what our reward will be. I don’t [...]
TweetMany of my friends who deeply understand and experience God’s grace have felt confused or upset by the idea of treasures in heaven. I mean, if God is perfect in mercy and does not repay us according to our wrongdoing (Psalm 103:10), then why do we some day have to account to God for what we did [...]
TweetIf you didn’t already know, I was raised in a gay household. The uniqueness of my childhood and adolescence has done much to shape me in ways positive and negative, realized and soon-to-be-realized. God has undeniably done remarkable and supernatural things in my life and story, and now I hope that he will work evermore through my story. [...]
TweetIn my last post, I mentioned that my StrengthsFinder evaluation was scary accurate. And since some of you seem to enjoy knowing me, I thought I’d give you their evaluation. Let me know if you agree. My top 5: Strategic, Activator, Futuristic, Analytical, Maximizer In every area, the StrengthsFinder evaluation tells you a sort of [...]
TweetA while back, I was listening to Craig Whitney speak at the Exponential Conference about how his organization, Emerging Leadership Initiative, evaluates potential church planters. He said that, among other things, they evaluate personality based on a Myers-Briggs, DiSC, and StrengthsFinder evaluation. I tend to really enjoy personality tests because they help me distinguish between what all [...]
TweetI recently had my first-ever podcast interview. It was a lot of fun to sit down and have a conversation with my friend, Pastor Nar, and now to let you all in on it. I met Pastor Nar on twitter, because he was part of a conversation that seemed interesting to me. This group was calling [...]