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Stop Trying To Be Jesus

This week Peyton Jones and Pete Mitchell sit down to talk about why you should Stop Trying To Be Jesus. To get straight to listening click here and to download in iTunes click here. As church planters it can be easy for us to get caught up in the phrase, “what would Jesus do”? Many of us feel like…

Five Star Friday

What I’m reading – I’m finishing up a biography about John Wesley. For a few years now I’ve been fascinated by the 18th century incarnation of the apostle Paul that Wesley was. He was harsh at times, gentle at others, and got a heck of a lot done. The book is called John Wesley by…

Together for His Kingdom

Gotham City. Dead of night. Superman turns up. No wait, make that Wonder Woman. Aw heck, it doesn’t matter who turns up…the result is always the same. Batman doesn’t like it. Batman is notorious for saying, “Gotham is my city. Get out.” Batman doesn’t want help. He thinks he can handle an entire metropolis of…

CHURCH PLANTING IS HARD

Paul was a man on the move, like a gospel Navy Seal, he would infiltrate a culture, and with deadly efficiency, complete his objective, nail his target, and he was gone with a splash as he moved on to the next one. The glass slipper of a mega church would never have fit the travel worn soles…

JESUS COMMANDS US TO GO

The stage lights were hot. Sweat poured down his cheeks, and he could feel a solitary bead of sweat sliding slowly down the bridge of his nose, tickling as it went. He knew that he’d never be invited back after the monologue he’d just challenged the crowd with. With a jet black Ronald McDonald ‘fro’…

MUST … REACH … MY … UTILITY BELT …

Here’s another excerpt from my book Church Zero, Click Here if you want to get a copy of the book. There is an A-Team in the Bible. It’s the team of interchangeable ministry specialists that Paul traveled with in the book of Acts. The church of Christ, minus the biblical understanding of the apostolic team (or A-Team),…

EVANGELISM AND UNDEROOS

Evangelism is about as popular as adults wearing underoos. Although I wouldn’t argue against a comeback of both, I wouldn’t want to see the two activities combined. That would be very strange.