Witnesses Not Stargazers
Tim Keller got me reading John Stott’s Commentary on Acts, and man I’m glad he did. This past week, I preached on the kingdom of God from Acts 1, and I was created encouraged and helped by the insight...
View ArticleEveryday Evangelistic Conversations
Upon the request of some Grace members, I taught last night on having everyday evangelistic conversations. That is not to say that I am sharing the gospel everyday; rather, I am orbiting my life around...
View ArticleGospel Lessons from a Humiliating Experience Last Week
Thursdays are normally my day off, and due the crazy week that it had been so far, I was particularly look forward to a little break from the grind. However, things did not go according to plan. Sick...
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Creating Neighborhoods Through Digital Front Doors
I live in the city of Cape Coral, FL. It’s a fascinating city in many ways. A few years ago, it was one of the top ten fastest growing cities in the United States. More recently, it has held top...
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Owning My Own Square Mile
And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place, that they should seek God, and...
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I Am a Great Witness…of Lesser Things
We are hard-wired to talk to other people about what impresses us the most. Unfortunately, too often our conversation indicates we are far too easily impressed by trivial things. I have two toddler...
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The Chiastic Structure of Missional Discipleship
Some of you who read the title of this post saw the words “chiastic structure” and are wondering what in the world that has to do with making disciples on mission. Hang with me for a second. I’m not...
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Missional Moleskine: Your City Travelogue
Four years ago, I was leading a group from our church in the formation of a launch team for our first daughter church plant. In my series on “cultivating community contacts,” I shared about the...
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Observations on the Marks and Mission of the Church
Let me begin by saying that I’m a big advocate of both the marks and the mission of the church. In fact, I want to believe we all are. But what I have observed in evangelical life is that those who...
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From Strangers to Missionaries: A Neighborhood Strategy for Mission
Over the past month, many people have heard about my “Jericho Road Moment.” That story is part of a bigger story this year where I’m praying and pursuing God’s kingdom work in my neighborhood and city...
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Re-Entering Every “Place” for Gospel Advance
About four years ago, I wrote about “evangelism in every place.” Specifically, I argued that Christians need to look that the three dominant places where life happens: first place being the home,...
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From Strangers to Missionaries: Fleshing It Out (1)
The day before I left for Haiti, I hastily posted my “from strangers to missionaries” article. Had I known it would be read so much, I would have taken longer than 30 minutes to write it! Oh well....
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Dunbar’s Number and Your Diversified Relationship Investments
In yesterday’s post, I talked about leveraging the limitations of your relationship capacity. According to Robin Dunbar, there is a maximum amount of sustainable relationships one can have at any given...
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From Strangers to Missionaries: Fleshing It Out (2)
The Series: From Strangers to Missionaries: A Neighborhood Strategy for Mission Re-entering Every “Place” for Gospel Advance From Strangers to Missionaries: Fleshing It Out (1) Dunbar’s Number and Your...
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From Strangers to Missionaries: Summary + Graphic
The Series: From Strangers to Missionaries: A Neighborhood Strategy for Mission Re-entering Every “Place” for Gospel Advance From Strangers to Missionaries: Fleshing It Out (1) Dunbar’s Number and...
View ArticleThe Pressure’s Off
Such an encouraging word from my seminary mentor and friend, Jason Meyer. “Doing little things with great love can make a big difference. It can change the world.” Lord, take our fresh brownies and...
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From Strangers to Missionaries: NextDoor Neighborhood Strategy
A couple weeks ago, I wrapped up the blog series “from strangers to missionaries” with a compilation post and summary. Or so I thought. Since then more conversations have occurred, and I’d like to...
View ArticleFrom Strangers to Missionaries: Where the Wild Things Are
I know that it has been some time since I posted anything here on the blog. I have so many articles in the cue, but I’ve been without the margin to post them at this time. This morning, I watched this...
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I long for a church…
“I long for a church that understands that it—the local church—is the chosen and best method of evangelism. I long for a church where the Christians are so in love with Jesus that when they go about...
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