What does it mean to boast?
Even if you can’t quote the definition, you know it when you see it, just like our kids do. There is a certain way you tweak your voice, a certain way you hold your head, and ultimately a certain way you view yourself that is boasting. Through all ...
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Discipleship
Best Quotes from Help My Unbelief –
Barnabas Piper released his new book Help My Unbelief: Why Doubt is Not the Enemy of Faith earlier this year. The book points out that "God is infinite, beyond our understanding—yet He chooses to reveal Himself in ways that spark questions rather than settling them all. Instead ...
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Why Small Groups Matter –
In my book Transformational Groups, which I co-wrote with Ed Stetzer, we share that research strongly indicates the people in your church who are in a group are more likely to serve more sacrificially, share the gospel more frequently, give more generously, and repent more ...
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Learning to Count –
Our youngest child started kindergarten last week. Because this is our third time down this road, we have a pretty good idea of how this is going to go. We know, for example, that this week is going to be rough. He’s going to be exhausted all week long as he adjusts to this new ...
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Kitschy Evangelism –
Pastors, authors and apologists Lee Strobel and Mark Mittelberg discussed evangelism with Ed Stetzer last year during this fast-paced episode of The Exchange. Strobel and Mittelberg were pastors at Willow Creek Community Church. Strobel is the author of many books, including The ...
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Creating Evangelists by Leading in Evangelism –
If we want evangelistic people, we must model that as leaders. You can’t lead what you won’t live.
Many Christians love evangelism as long as somebody else is doing it. It’s kind of a recurring theme that people want to talk about it or even bemoan the lack of evangelism, but ...
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