Ok – I feel a blogging break coming on. We are driving through Africa and wifi will be a little scarce, I presume. I will do my best to keep up. Anyway, appreciate prayers for us during our journeys. Ta!
Read MoreRedeemer City to City and Missional Stuff
Redeemer City to City is the new name and new look for Redeemer’s Church Planting Center. Check out the new web site. What you may not know is that one of the many wonderful people that have featured on my blog for the last . . . shoot . . almost a decade . .…
Read MoreAl Mohler Tops the Religion Blogs
Dr Albert Mohler is a big man on radio, behind the pulpit, in the classroom, in the biggest office of one of the biggest Seminaries in the world, and also on the blogosphere. In fact he has just topped the blogosphere with the leading religion blog according to Technorati rankings. I know this because I…
Read MoreAfter Haiti: What to Say, Sing or Show in Church
Some of you are figuring out what to sing, show or speak about at church tomorrow, in light of the Haiti earthquake. Here are some resources. VIDEO Pray for Haiti is a video you can download and play at your church gathering on Sunday. Its free and they guy behind it is my old VJ…
Read MoreHaiti: How can poverty and Christianty coexist?
Haiti is the poorest country in the Western hemisphere. I have visited it a few times and am always struck by the severe poverty. QUESTION: How is it that a country which has so much Christianity also has so much poverty? How can the two coexist? I was asked similar questions last week. Heres an…
Read More5 Biggest Church Planting Mistakes
Biggest Church Planting Mistakes: 1. Rushing ahead 2. Underestimating the cost 3. Violating the Sabbath 4. Hanging on too long 5. Not having a coach From “Most common mistakes church planters make” by Shawn Lovejoy and David Putnam, both of ChurchPlanters.com HT: iGod, AndrewSD is a Vineyard pastor who blogs. The Vineyard UK are preparing…
Read MoreMark Driscoll goes to Haiti
My old friend Mark Driscoll of Mars Hill Church went to Haiti with James MacDonald. They recorded some footage that I look forward to seeing. Well done Mark! The first video is here on YouTube but I expect much more to come. He also got interviewed by USA Today where he speaks out against the…
Read More2COR4:6, JN8:12 and other favorite Bible verses to engrave on machine gun sights
Nothing like looking down the barrel of a machine gun and reading 2COR4:6 on the sight. An ABC report “US Military Weapons inscribed with secret ‘Jesus’ Bible codes” says that “Trijicon confirmed to ABCNews.com that it adds the biblical codes to the sights sold to the U.S. military.” 2 Corinthians 4:6 is a verse from…
Read MoreHaiti Update
Over 200 million dollars has been raised for earthquake relief in Haiti by Americans, according to the Chronicle of Philanthropy. Other countries are also donating. Getting cargo and supplies to Haiti is proving to be a challenge as Christianity Today reports.
Read MoreSpain, Gibraltar and then Africa
We are days away from driving our truck to Africa. An anonymous donor just gave us GBP1000 which is enough to get our truck and team of 9 people on the ferry to Northern Africa. So off we go. We will be in Sevilla today, meeting up with Jonah Bailey of 24-7 Prayer. Then down…
Read MoreAbout that pact with the Debil in Haiti: Apparently we were DUPED!
Ahhhhh the internet! We seem to be so better informed than we were 20 years ago. Information is like soooo 5 seconds away. Us old farts who were alive and kicking in the 1980’s feel like a bunch of stupid idiots. I found out recently that many of the stories i have been telling for…
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Blogging Tip: Find your inner Luke and BLOG ON!
A few years ago I was asked to write a short thought for a book called The Blogging Church: Sharing the story of your church through blogs. I just noticed on Google Books that parts of the book are online, including my contribution. Here’s a screenshot of my suggestions for blogging pastors. Andrew Jones, from…
Read MoreNakedPastor’s 10 Suggestions for Blogging Pastors
Naked Pastor has 10 excellent suggestions for blogging pastors. Apparently I owe him a beer for reposting it here. ————————————– 1. Anonymity: I don’t favor it except in extreme cases. If you are going to put yourself out there, then do it. Unless it’s extreme. The purpose of blogging, IMO, is to make formerly obscure…
Read MoreGoogle and China
“My fear—for Google and for us—is that the reason they know it’s the Chinese government behind these attacks is because Google gave them the key.” —Douglas Rushkoff, in the Daily Beast. HT: BoingBoing. As Google considers pulling out of China, BBC has a timeline of key events in the checkered history of China’s censorship on…
Read MoreHow To Survive a Christian Bookstore: #1 EMBRACING THE FEAR
You need to buy a better Bible but you dont want to enter a Christian Bookstore to buy one. OK. I get that. Actually, I have a phobia of Christian bookstores myself. Last year I managed to avoid them completely, except for one quick appearance to buy a Bible for one of my daughters. And…
Read MoreHaiti’s earthquake and Pat Robertson’s theology
Pat Robertson has made the news again this time being accused of blaming Haiti’s earthquake on the pact the country made with the devil”. Christianity Today covered it well but Salon claims the “televangelist believes momentous earthquake is epic revenge.” The skinny is, IMHO, that people are linking Pat Roberston’s comments with his unfortunate 9/11…
Read MoreWhat to call those new fandanged churches?
New churches are popping up everywhere and have been ever since the church planting movement began to take shape two decades ago. If you are looking for a good phrase that describes then, sorry, you are out of luck. Stuart Murray Williams gives a little historical perspective of these new fandangled churches and lists 8…
Read MoreHelp Towards the Haiti Earthquake
Just reading about the 7.0 earthquake in Haiti yesterday. Awful blow to the country and we pray for the families involved. Its the largest earthquake there since 1770. Possibly thousands killed and the presidential palace flattened. I remember that palace from my last visit there. This is how I remember it, before it collapsed yesterday.…
Read MoreGospel billboards that fail the test
Here’s another Christian billboard that really fails the test. Not only is “EXAULTETH” spelt wrong, but the placement was poorly thought out. HT: Interactive Sermon Some ideas for next time:
Read MoreCoptic Orthodox Shooting: 7 Dead
The funeral for the six Coptic Orthodox Christians who were shot last week was attended by 5000 people. The shooting happened in a Coptic Orthodox church in Egypt on Jan 6 which is Christmas Eve according to their calender. A Muslim security guard also died in the shooting. We grieve for the senseless loss of…
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