A Pilgrim's Progress

I've worked 150 hours over the past two weeks. It's crazy. Because of this I don't have time to blog. I may put together ...

As a general policy I'm against church marquees. Far too many of them offer up ridiculous, trite sayings that minimize the glory and...

When we talk about division in the body of Christ we often talk about doctrine. We can easily come up with a list of doctrines that the ch...

There is little that stirs up debate in the church more than the doctrine of predestination. There's also little that leads to strong ...

In John chapter 17 Jesus Christ famously prays, "I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through the...

St. Patrick's Day is a massive celebration here in Savannah. On this day our city swells from about 200,000 to close to one million. L...

In order to strive for unity within the body of Christ, we must know how to define it. After all, how can we reach a goal if we do ...

Is the call for unity within Christ's church the same as a call for uniformity? This question is an important one because it dir...

Jesus Christ calls his body to be united. This is undeniably clear based on text after text in the New Testament. John chapter 17 is p...

I really like the photo of that kid to the left. I have no idea who he is, but one thing is for certain: he is excited! As followers o...

The past few years have been quite a journey for me when it comes to church life. I've been all over the place, from a traditional ...

Keith Giles asks an important question in a recent post entitled simply Jesus First . The question focuses on whether or not we listen ...

I haven't blogged much lately simply for lack of time. My job has me working about 70 hours per week right now. When there's an...

For the past few years I've spent quite a bit of time focusing on church forms. In particular, I wrote a lot about forms of gatherin...

I am bored beyond words (except for the words in this blog post) concerning the Calvinism and Arminianism debate that is raging in some...

Bi-vocational ministry is something that has been around for a long time. It basically amounts to pastors working two part-time jobs: on...

Many theology books are thick, plodding, and dull. The reason for this is not the topic, but rather the writing style. BORING! What...

I'm currently smack in the middle of editing multiple chapters for Jeremy Myers' and my book entitled What We're For . The m...