Stop Giving Him an Out
One of the things I hear women do too often it seems, especially church planter’s wives is give their husband an out. Recently, Katie and I were talking about a new book she read called The Church...
View ArticlePreach Better Sermons || Darrin Patrick
I’m watching the online conference Preach Better Sermons today and wanted to share some of the learnings I picked up. One of the speakers is Darrin Patrick founded The Journey in 2002 in the urban core...
View ArticleLinks I Like
Links I Like is a collection of blogs, articles and books I’ve come across recently and thought they were worth sharing. Click here for past Links I Like. Barnabas Piper on You’re asking the wrong...
View ArticleA Man Feels Called to Plant a Church but His Wife Does Not. Should He Plant?
From time to time I’ll meet a couple. He feels like God has called him to plant a church, but she isn’t so sure. Sometimes, it is just fear on her part. What will it look like? What will being a...
View Article15 Quotes from Innovation’s Dirty Little Secret
Every Saturday morning, I review a book that I read recently. If you missed any, you can read past reviews here. This week’s book is Innovation’s Dirty Little Secret: Why Serial Innovators Succeed...
View ArticleLeading Up
Leadership is hard. That isn’t news. It is hard to lead people. It is hard to lead followers. It is hard to lead those under you or those who work next to you on the organizational chart (you know,...
View ArticleLinks I Like
Links I Like is a collection of blogs, articles and books I’ve come across recently and thought they were worth sharing. Click here for past Links I Like. My latest blog post on the Acts 29 Blog. When...
View ArticleHow Many Times a Year Should a Pastor Preach
The other day a church planter I coach asked me. “How many times a year should I preach?” The answer to this question depends on the person, church, philosophy and what the person can handle. While...
View ArticleRethinking Preaching
Getting to hear Tim Keller, Matt Chandler, James Meeks and Andy Stanley speak about preaching was like a preacher’s heaven. So good. Here are some notes from each talk: Tim Keller How to persuade...
View ArticleWhen A Calling Gets Hard (You Know It’s Real)
At Revolution, we want to be a church that plants churches. This means, we have a lot of guys walking through our doors who want to plant churches. It also means I have “the calling” conversation on a...
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