Abram went, as the Lord had told him; and Lot went with him. (Genesis 12:4) Abram followed God. Lot followed Abram. Abram went where God said to go. Lot went where Abram went. There is a big difference in following God and following a godly leader who is following...
After decades of being ignored and/or distorted, the gospel seems to be making a come-back in the Western Church, and that is a good trend. Pulpits that used to feature anemic man-centered self-help sermons are again aflame with powerful Christ-honoring...
Christmas morning. Sure is quiet around here. Not like the joyful noisy early morning chaos when we had three small sons and way too many gifts under the tree. Those days are long gone. We now have three adult sons who are sleeping late today. And we have a grand...
A couple of weeks ago I posted a blog called, “Church Growth: Are You Playing the Numbers Game?” Turns out some of my numbers were not accurate. Victory actually baptized 4,613 people in 2011, not 4,183 as reported in my blog. My apologies to the 430 new believers who...
I have about 30 minutes for this blog while I wait for my Atlanta to Lima, Peru, flight. As usual, I will hit the ground running—four days of training pastors and church planters. The goal of this trip is to help Peruvian pastors understand how to lead a healthy...
A couple of decades ago when I was a fledgling church planter, I didn’t have a clue what I was doing, but I didn’t let that stop me. In those days church growth was all the rage. I read church growth books and took a pilgrimage to Korea in an attempt to learn how to...
