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Discipleship
Greed
MANILA, PHILIPPINES—What is repentance, and does it still matter? Luke 3 records John the Baptist’s message to religious people who wanted to be...
Pride
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE—Good to be back in the office writing the final chapter of my parenting book, after ten productive days in South Africa and...
Empowering Discipleship Explained in 500 Words
TAMPA, FLORIDA—Tomorrow, I get to speak to 5,000 church planters and church plant advocates about discipleship at Exponential East in Tampa. Thank...
Leadership
How to Talk about Charlottesville
White nationalists holding a rally on the campus of UVA. WILMORE, KENTUCKY—I have mostly been unplugged from the news and social media for over a...
Before You Attempt to Do Ministry. . .
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE—Last week, I had the honor of speaking to a group of Every Nation North America Life Year missionaries who are being sent to...
Attracting Crowds or Making Disciples?
TOKYO AIRPORT—Observing the life of Jesus in the gospels is often an abrupt and painful reality check, especially in our social media-saturated...
Family
Like Kids in a Candy Store, Literally
This conversation happened a couple of months ago while visiting relatives in South Georgia. Cousins Ethan and Eli are eight and twelve years old....
When Leaders Fail
Along with millions of Americans, I watched the first two episodes of The Bible on History Channel. As much as I’m enjoying the TV series, the book...
How to Make Jesus Really Mad
ISLAND COVE, PHILIPPINES—Earlier today (written three weeks ago in the Philippines, posted today from Nash) I had the privilege of speaking to over...
Books
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