Today, I continue explaining the terms that get used the most on this blog. Discipleship - This is one of my favorite words in the Christian lexicon. It makes it sound like those of us who live 2,000 years after Christ can still join him just like Peter, James, John and all the rest did.... Continue Reading →
Christian Life Hacker 101: Learning Another Language
When my wife and I worked at an inner city ministry I tried to be conscious of avoiding "church speak". I wanted to express the gospel but do it in a way that didn't sound like I was completely unaware that many of the people we encountered had never set foot in a church before.... Continue Reading →
Good Words
Christianity Today's article on evangelicals succumbing to the sports culture Has love of football turned into idolatry. slow down jo anybody ever tell you that you move too fast? anybody ever tell you how to make a good thing last? cuz it aint like that.... - Slow Down Jo, Monsters of Folk Tweet of... Continue Reading →
The Next Great Fad: The Sports Fast
I used to carry a small transistor radio around my house so that I wouldn't miss a pitch of a Texas Rangers' game. No, this wasn't just in my halcyon youth but well into my 30s. I used to read Sports Illustrated cover to cover every week and fumed when I realized that my issue... Continue Reading →
‘Society’s Policy’ Can Damage Your Christian Life
"We live in a society whose whole policy is to excite every nerve in the human body and keep it at the highest pitch of artificial tension, to strain every human desire to the limit and to create as many new desires and synthetic passions as possible, in order to cater to them with the... Continue Reading →
What Snow Days Tell Us About Our Spiritual Life
As I type this, I have just seen come across my email a notice that my work place will be closed today due to inclement weather. I have also learned that my daughters' school will be closed as well. What makes these types of days so much fun for kids, and adults too, is that... Continue Reading →
New Class Available
If you live in the DFW Metroplex and want to pursue more of the ideas that we have discussed in this blog, then plan on attending a class designed for believers ready for a doable path to Christlikeness. More of Christ, Less of Everything Else Inglewood Baptist Church Starts Feb. 13, 6 p.m. Open to... Continue Reading →
Eliminate to Illuminate
If I am not careful, my stack of books to be read can grow by the day. I have never met an interesting website that I didn't want to subscribe to. If I enjoy a blog or writer I am never satisfied with reading just a few things by them, I have to read their... Continue Reading →
Good Words
Scot McKnight has developed a map of spiritual development New Book: Bob and Joel Kilpatrick discuss The Art of Being You Study: TV exposure causes much higher rates of eating disorders Dallas Willard goes in depth on the VIM pattern of change "The personal dimension of the gospel is good news about ourselves. The... Continue Reading →
Why Christian Spiritual Growth Matters.
Sometimes I wonder if what I am doing on this blog and in classes I teach on discipleship is mistaken. I ask myself if I am being too focused on self and am encouraging people to abandon global pursuits for personal pursuits that potentially have little meaning. Is my emphasis on personal spiritual growth just... Continue Reading →
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