My wife and I recently visited England where we trained a group of pastors and church planters to launch churches from within their own congregations. The group leader is  Surekha Hulugalle, a missionary to England from Sri Lanka. You can watch him in an interview we recently made about church planting in the British Isles. Planting Multi-Ethnic…

    Okay, it’s just Aussie slang. But it carries a punch… Much of the Bible teaches us to put aside worry and anxiety, yet most pastors are plagued by this unhealthy duo. Dwight Eisenhower was quoted, “Worry is a word that I don’t allow myself to use.” As a young pastor a mentor taught…

Most Christians think that they don’t like evangelism. It’s one of our greatest myths. I know it’s a myth because the Holy Spirit’s business on earth is to magnify Jesus and convict the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment. Because God’s Spirit dwells within us, there has to be a better explanation for why most Christians…

Like the rest of the world I’m stunned by the loss of one of its greatest talents. Robin Williams defined most of our childhoods along with Star Wars, G.I. Joe, and the Muppet Show.  I was born in 1973 and so the first exposure I had to Robin Williams’s comedy was in Mork and Mindy.…

“All who wish to live a godly life will be persecuted” – Paul I’ve been weighing these words as I ponder the recent turn of events regarding Christianity’s perceived loss in America’s culture wars. Having lived in Europe for 12 years, I have been able to retain the advantage of a type of outsider perspective…

Make a fist. Now look at it. You’ve just created a weapon. A powerful one if the arm behind it knows how to throw a punch. Welcome to FIST leadership.