NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE—Deborah and I just got back to Nashville from Cape Town, South Africa, where we attended the Every Nation World Conference with thousands of delegates from fifty-eight nations. For those of you who couldn’t make it, check out the recap...
CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA—Yesterday was the official start of our Every Nation Go Conference in Cape Town, South Africa. Over the next few days, thousands of people will be gathering from all over the Every Nation world to worship God, to connect with friends, and to...
Me with the Fabregas family at the funeral. NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE—This past weekend Deborah, William (my oldest son), and I spoke at a parenting seminar at Bethel Brentwood. During the half-day seminar, we talked about the four Es of parenting (sound familiar?) and...
TOKYO AIRPORT—A few weeks ago, my oldest son, William, preached a sermon at Bethel’s Wednesday night service on the importance of church community. He opened with this quote from German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906–1945): Christian brotherhood is not an ideal...
MANILA, PHILIPPINES—Last week, following a sermon I had recently preached on Luke 24:46–49, I asked the question: What does Spirit-empowered, multi-ethnic ministry look like in practice? Looking at Peter’s first attempt at cross-cultural, multi-ethnic ministry (in...
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE—Last Sunday, I preached a sermon at Bethel World Outreach Church (in Brentwood, TN) that looked at Jesus’ answer to our current ethnic and cultural divides. It’s the same answer whether you’re in 21st-century America or 1st-century Palestine....
