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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Three Questions Sufferers Ask
My wife is a nurse, so she has a lot of experience in dealing with those in pain. She told me about the following chart…
There is a Balm in Gilead: A Missional Strategy for Churches in the 21st Century
We’re living in a time of unprecedented change—secularism, science, technology, communications, migration, generational differences, political pendulum swings, and more. Within this tornadic environment, the church…
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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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Accelerating the Great Commission Where Do We Need More Research?
This is part of an article series I wrote with Ed Stetzer. Question 4: Where is further research needed to accelerate the Great Commission? We…
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Better and More Effective Together: Accelerating the Great Commission
This is Article 4 in a series I wrote with Ed Stetzer. Question 3: In what areas is greater collaboration most critical in order to…
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Breakthroughs and Innovations that Can Help the Church in North America Accelerate the Great Commission
This is Article 3 that I wrote with Ed Stetzer regarding a Listening Call we hosted with evangelical leaders across North America. Reminder about the…
Remaining Opportunities in North America Toward Fulfilling the Great Commission
This is Article 2, in a series of articles based upon the Lausanne North America Listening Call, that I wrote with Ed Stetzer. Question 1:…
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