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 baptized. As usual, John boldly and unapologetically demanded repentance. You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from...
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 Nigeria. The wholehearted full volume African worship made my otherwise exuberant home churches (Victory Manila and Bethel...
TAMPA, FLORIDA—Tomorrow, I get to speak to 5,000 church planters and church plant advocates about discipleship at Exponential East in Tampa. Thank you Dave Ferguson for the invitation, and thank you for equipping and empowering church planters. As soon as my Tuesday...
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE—For many of us who have been around the church world for a long time, the phrase “led by the Spirit” conjures up all kinds of strange and bizarre behavior, and maybe a lot of bad memories. That’s why we need to look at the Bible, rather than...
MANILA, PHILIPPINES—I received the following seven questions from someone who is writing a paper for a class about whether discipleship “has value in today’s context.” Here are my quick answers to his important questions: Q1: What is a disciple?A1: A disciple is...
This is an odd blog title since it seems like I quit blogging. There are many reasons for my blog delinquency, but only one is legit, the others are just lame excuses. Here’s my respectable reason for my invisible blogs of late: most of my writing energy is being...
