The pastor who picked me up at the San Francisco airport had recently returned from a church growth conference led by the pastor of one of the “fastest growing churches in America.” Never mind that there are a dozen churches that claim to be the “fastest growing...
When we look at this account of the original call of the original disciples we get a picture of what it means to respond to the call to follow Jesus and become his disciple. 1. Corporate response.Jesus saw discipleship as a group project. Sometimes He called...
In one of my all-time favorite movie scenes, Mel Gibson as William Wallace in Braveheart sums up real leadership while addressing the self-centered cowardly Scottish nobles: “You think the people of this country exist to provide you with position. I think...
Large crowds from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea and the region across the Jordan followed him. Matthew 4:25 1Now when he saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him, 2and he began to teach them Matthew 5:1,2 Some...
Many years ago, when I was pastoring in the States, our church sponsored an evangelistic concert featuring a then popular Christian recording artist. After a couple of songs the singer introduced himself as a “follower of Jesus” and proceeded to testify how Jesus had...
(This article was written for the May 2004 edition of Evangelicals Today.) First of all I want to make it clear that I will not vote for any of the candidates running for president in the upcoming Philippine election. It is not because none of the candidates are...
