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Understanding worship is a learning process. It is far more than a “worship service” where we have songs, but that is the most common thing we think of when we mention “worship.” There is the worship of our entire life. When we understand our gifts from the Lord and then pursue the use of those gifts through our vocation we…
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Well it seems I have skipped entirely over “seeker sensitive”, “purpose-driven” and “megachurch” and gone to “missional.” All without knowing it. I had no idea I had such talent. In reading the latest Leadership Journal I came across an article defining “missional” church. According to UK blogger Andrew Jones, “Missio Dei stems from the Triune God: the Father sends the…
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Matters of prayer: The “Harvest Hit List.” There are so many ways to call this, and I know it is not original with me. In our church we take five people we know who are not serving Jesus. We have to know them by name, so it’s not, “I’m praying for the guy at the drycleaners.” Simply pray over those…
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Matters of prayer: The “Harvest Hit List.” There are so many ways to call this, and I know it is not original with me. In our church we take five people we know who are not serving Jesus. We have to know them by name, so it’s not, “I’m praying for the guy at the drycleaners.” Simply pray over those…
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“Let me be a man of one Book.” (John Wesley) Being a person of the Book is so key to powerful Christian living. We need to re-establish a love for the Word of God! We need to unleash the power of the Word into the lives of believers. A couple of key helps (I hope): 1. Get a good translation…
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“Let me be a man of one Book.” (John Wesley) Being a person of the Book is so key to powerful Christian living. We need to re-establish a love for the Word of God! We need to unleash the power of the Word into the lives of believers. A couple of key helps (I hope): 1. Get a good translation…
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We have a need to rescue American Christians from bad theology and bad habits of biblical studies, or lack thereof. One example: in a meeting I attended that was geared to pray for Muslims, the speaker (a pastor) referred to Ishmael. In his view, the whole division between Palestinians and Jews goes back to Ishmael. Muslims are naturally fighters because…
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Faithfulness. On January 13 my parents celebrated 50 years of marriage. It was an amazing day for them and I am so grateful. Their love for each other and their family is so amazing. One of the great legacies of my parents will be their faithfulness. They are faithful to the Body of Christ as well as to each other.…
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We often talk about how we just do things. A father who explodes at his child in an angry outburst and then says, “Why does he make me do that?” Dallas Willard had a great come back for a man who claimed he couldn’t help but get angry with his somewhat rebellious teenage son. The man was quite well off,…
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Two great goals I have for 2007.1. We need a fresh revelation of Jesus Christ in the American Church.We don’t know who Jesus is. We have our pragmatism, we have our programs. We have our thoughts about who Jesus is. But we need to KNOW HIM. He needs to show up in our midst, like Acts 2, like Isaiah 6.2.…
