You Choose: Faith or Fear
There are two different ways of dealing with just about everything in life, by faith or in fear. Faith is described in Hebrews 11:1,as being “certain of what we do not see.” It is an absolute belief that God is constantly working behind the scenes in every area of our lives, even when there is […]
Dinosaurs to Rabbits: Chapter 03 – Introduction
The whole point of our Dinosaurs to Rabbits book is to help spur our colleagues in the Mainline Church to get serious about transforming the church into a multiplication monster (a good kind of monster!). But the heart of the matter is that in our experience, the Mainline Church has lost its heart for making disciples … […]
A Declaration of Freedom from Decline
The United States of America is 242 years old. That’s a long time for a nation to remain free. But, when you look at our history in the context of world history, America is just a child among the nations. Egypt, China, Japan and Greece all make America’s history seem so short. 242 years young […]
Seminary and Ordination are Keeping U.S. Christianity from Thriving
Recently I’m running into a lot of writers who are asking the question “If we all serve the same God, why is Christianity growing all over the world except Europe and the U.S.?” I find that am important question. The problem is most of the answers I’m seeing deal with fringe issues and don’t go […]
Dinosaurs to Rabbits: Chapter 02 Introduction
10 is Better than 1 I assume that all of us would agree that ten new Christians is better than one new Christian. Right? I think we would also all agree that ten times ten is even better than ten when it comes to the number of people our churches are reaching. Right? And I’m […]
Dinosaurs to Rabbits: Chapter 01 Introduction
When I looked into pursuing a doctorate, I was intrigued with two things in my life: Church Planting, and Church Multiplication. Globally, I realized, Christianity was doing very well. But in the West, and in particular in North America, it was struggling. Badly. And so I signed up with the Northwest Graduate School in Seattle […]