Jesus gave His commission to the early church in Matthew 28:18-20. Though it is one of several commissions given by Jesus, the church-at-large has come to call this statement: The Great Commission. Let me remind
I am a happy user of the Christian Standard Bible. In a previous post, I gave five reasons why I use the translation in my personal studies and public preaching. It is a translation built on solid
Sitting on the lawn, I stared down at the leaf from a Magnolia tree. You know the kind—oversized and rigid. It was 1992, I was a seminary student at Beeson Divinity School and was looking
As leaders, we are in the business of raising new leaders and even replacing ourselves. It would be easy to make the case that if you are not preparing someone else to take your place
The church consists of people from the various generations that make up our current culture. I joked on Twitter that my generation is remaining quietly in the background… at least, for the moment. My generation
I like using the terms faithfulness and fruitfulness to describe the progress congregations are to make. It allows leaders to focus on disciple-making as the primary work rather than events designed to simply assemble crowds. Recently, my
