In Need of a God-given Vision
This blog post originally appeared in Outreach Magazine's print edition. As leaders, I’m sure most of us have a mission and vision statement. There are…
The Individual’s Responsibility in Church Discipline
This is Part 5 of a series I wrote with Ed Stetzer on Church Discipline. After looking at the previous four parts of church discipline…
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The Pattern and Practice of Church Discipline
This is Part 3 of a series I wrote with Ed Stetzer on Church Discipline. In Part 1, the practice of church discipline was grounded in…
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The Purpose of Church Discipline
This is Part 2 of the Church Discipline series that I wrote with Ed Stetzer. As we noted in Part 1, God compares himself to a…
The Way of the Shepherd: The Biblical Foundation of Church and Church Discipline
This is part 1 of a series I wrote with Ed Stetzer on Church Discipline. Church discipline. Those two words can bring a multitude of…
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The Power of Small: Leveraging the Advantages of a Small Church
A version of this article originally appeared on Outreachmagazine.com. I come from a small business family. Growing up my dad owned an industrial painting company…
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Renewed Thinking in Post-Everything Society
This article originally appeared in OutreachMagazine.com. Paul exhorts believers, as they offer their bodies as living sacrifices, to not be conformed to the ways of…
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Shifting the Church: Simple Church May No Longer Be Effective in this New Reality
This article originally appeared on The Exchange with Ed Stetzer. Change: Simple church may no longer be effective in this changing environment. Shift: Churches need to…
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Debriefing During and After A Crisis
This article originally appeared on OutreachMagazine.com. Crises are inevitable, given the theological reality we live in a fallen world. They’re coming, if they haven’t already…
Boldly Leading the Church into the Future: Having a Brave Heart in a Blistering World
In every local church I’ve served, I’ve always wanted to lead them boldly into the future. When I think of leading boldly, Braveheart with Mel…
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