Sent as Messengers – Sent as Message
Last week as I spent time in my daily reading of God's holy word (see EZ710.wordpress.com), I encountered a section [...]
November 2012
Which Came First – The Being or the Making
Almost without exception, pastors and church leaders with whom I have ministered consider discipleship the process of teaching believers. They [...]
Harvest Then – Harvest Now
Last week, as I was continuing to work my way through a study of the word power in Scripture in [...]
October 2012
The Evangelism Team
From the mid-70s to the mid-80s I was a member of a church with a membership of around 1200. There [...]
Go Purple Part 5: The Third “S”
The third and final "S" in this faith sharing shema stands for soul as in "We have a Soul Problem." [...]
Go Purple Part 4: The Second “S”
The second "S" in our faith sharing schema stands for self as in "We have a Self Problem." This speaks [...]
Go Purple Part 3: The First “S”
Have I mentioned that the wristband is purple? Purple is a royal color and represents the fact that Jesus Christ [...]
Go Purple Part 2: WDJD?
It happened to be a Saturday evening when all the ties at Belk's were on sale. That proved fortuitous as [...]
September 2012
Go Purple Part 1: Does Outreach = Evangelism?
Week after week I travel around the country working with church leaders, training and consulting with them in an area [...]
American Culture – What’s a Believer to Do?
Much is said these days about the waning influence of the American church's influence on American culture, and much is [...]