May 6, 2023
There are various descriptions of leadership in the New Testament and various roles mentioned. Leaders are described as shepherds, builders, soldiers, and more. One of the […]
March 8, 2023
The New Testament has various descriptions of the church. Below is an excerpt from the Rooted Discipleship Manual which includes several of these descriptions, each showing […]
February 15, 2022
For the past several years the Lord has increasingly called me to speak up about abuse in the church. This is not a topic that I […]
May 6, 2020
How Long Should the Church Set Aside Essential Practices to Follow the Government’s COVID-19 Orders?
As with other pastors, the last several weeks have brought intense challenges and difficult decisions as our congregation walks through the COVID-19 crisis. One of the […]
October 25, 2018
When reading the New Testament, it becomes quite clear that deliverance from evil spirits was a normal part of the ministry of Jesus and was carried […]
April 4, 2018
One of the subtle dangers in preaching is for the message to be more soulish than spiritual. This is what happens when human wisdom runs the […]
June 28, 2016
There seems to be an increasing number of believers who are taking an approach to the devil that is totally foreign to the New Testament. The […]
April 25, 2016
There is a lot of information about the “religious spirit” and how to be free from its influence. I have written before that the religious spirit […]
April 18, 2016
I am a big proponent of the church developing organically. I believe that many church growth methods used in the American church are too formulaic and […]
April 11, 2016
The New Testament is full of exhortations to guard against error. There are warnings about false doctrine, false prophets/teachers, lying signs, and other types of destructive […]
July 2, 2015
With last Friday’s Supreme Court ruling legalizing gay marriage throughout the United States, the social media and blog world have been blowing up non-stop over the […]
June 20, 2015
One of the desperate needs of the church today is for true spiritual fathers and mothers to arise and pour into the next generation of believers. […]