One of my heroes died last week. Ralph Winter was 84. Cancer. I never met him, but his ideas changed my life. I know we hear the “changed my life” line all the time these days—but it’s really true this time. Who was Ralph Winter? I get tired just thinking about all...
1.5 million dollars a minute. That’s what Ricky Hatten was paid to have his face re-arranged by Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao Saturday night in Las Vegas and around the world on PPV. Manny made about $2 million per minute. Of course, if you add in all the hours of training,...
For many years I have described our transition from an event-based church to a discipleship-based church as a “top-down grassroots” movement. I know “top-down grassroots” is an oxymoron, but that’s how we did it. A recent blog by my friend, Mark, further explains what...
Got invited to preach the 9:00 and 11:00 a.m. services at Victory Fort B, and agreed to do it before I realized it was the same time as THE FIGHT. I guess I should forgive my friend who “invited” me to preach—who will probably be watching THE FIGHT while I am...
Ever noticed that religious people value programs more than people, rules more than relationships? Jesus addressed this attitude when he rebuked the Pharisees and their religious system for allowing people to help a donkey on the Sabbath, but not allowing them to help...
I know it is not so popular these days to talk about church growth, but I’ve never really cared what was popular or trendy, so here’s a post about the role of leadership in the growth of a local church. 1. The senior leader (the lead leader?) is the main reason a...
