Church Plant Chronicles 1 – Of Good Courage
Church planting is gutsy. I’m not trying to pat myself on the back here, but church planting is not for the faint of heart. But what’s interesting is how easily the heart of a church
Church planting is gutsy. I’m not trying to pat myself on the back here, but church planting is not for the faint of heart. But what’s interesting is how easily the heart of a church
All failure lands hard. But there’s an exceptional type of failure – of the Ashley Madison variety – that publicly exposes one’s worst moments and secret sins. The path into the future is instantaneously rerouted
(this article also appears on the the Crossway blog, where the newly revised and updated version of the book Am I Called?: The Summons to Pastoral Ministry was released last month.) How Spurgeon Avoided The Calling Calamity
Light changed the way I live my life. Now, I’m probably not saying what you think I am. When my wife and I moved to Chattanooga, TN roughly three years ago to plant a church,
A Majestic Vision Charles Spurgeon was crazy-busy on steroids. In addition to his duties as pastor of the massive Metropolitan Tabernacle Church, Spurgeon worked unrelentingly on behalf of his beloved Pastors’ College. Here’s just some
(Click Here for the Spanish Translation) The phone call just ended. It was a wonderful hour spent talking with the Lead Pastor of a thriving metropolitan church. His next few days included a sermon to
In this episode of the “Am I Called?” podcast, Dave talks to Don Whitney. Don has been Professor of Biblical Spirituality and Associate Dean at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY since 2005. In this episode, Dave
One of the clearest memories I have of my first week of full-time Christian study is a professor telling the class that within five years, 80% of us would not be serving in full time ministry.
God calls me with shocking regularity to press the snooze button at least once each morning. His Spirit affirms with my spirit that parents of multiple infants need a few more minutes. He seldom speaks
I spent several years acquainting myself with the myriad sleeping positions my 2006 Honda Accord afforded me. After graduating college I set out to become a vagabond musician. As my travels crested past 100,000 miles,
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