This article by Stetzer and Jason Hayes pretty much sums up what we hear from the 18-25 year olds that are connecting with us at Christ Church. What we say: Embraces the reality of doubts and struggles; Owns up to our individual and collective junk; Leaves us with great hope in Jesus. There are othe...

One of my favorite parables of Christ is found in Matthew 13:24-30 The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field. But while his men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went away. But when the wheat sprouted and bore grain, then the tar...

One of the missionaries I helped train, Elijah Peters, works with a team in Auckland.  He has written an exellent article, “One Solution,” that I recommend to all my readers.  It goes so well with my series, “The Jesus Method.”  See if you don’t agree.   &n...

What Is the Jesus Method? The religious community is getting a bad, but deserved, rap. We are known more for cursing the darkness than lighting a candle. Evangelicals have been writing books about the “end times� that attempt to scare the wax out people. They’ve been predicting doom and gloom ...

Doing it like Jesus The church is growing. Souls are being saved, lives are being changed and God is being glorified. The facts speak for themselves. In poverty-stricken, war-torn third world nations, the gospel is being proclaimed and souls are being saved. Praise the Lord! Too bad it isn’t happe...

I write this article as the votes for President of the United States are still being counted. We don’t know yet who will be the chief executive of this declining nation. We do know there has been great fear. I won’t begin to categorize the fears but the response of many evangelicals has been to ...

I hope this post won't seem overly critical by me. I will be the first to admit that I've had people bored by my teaching/preaching before, and I certainly don't knock the homiletical ball out of the park every time I get up to preach. That having said, I was on vacation a few weeks ago and heard a ...

“Now a t this time while the disciples were increasing in number, a complaint arose…(Acts 6:1)� “When the devil had finished every temptation, he left Him until an opportune time. (Luke 4:13)� Success for God is failure for Satan. He will oppose, in any way he can, the progress of the king...

Paul, in his second letter to the church at Corinth tells us why we must get out of the pep rally (“church servicesâ€�) and into the game (the world). Let me invite you to carefully consider this passage: 2 Corinthians 4: 6 - 11 For God, who said, “Light shall shine out of darkness,” i...

    Sometimes the opposition seems overwhelming. Most of it has been self-inflicted. History – people doing horrible things in the name of Christ. The world of observers, not knowing any better, makes uninformed assessments and forms terrible opinions of Christianity. Televangelists – ...