I’m sitting at my desk looking out the window at the lake next to our cabin. The rising sun fills the tops of the trees, chasing away the darkness. The sky is clear-blue with not a cloud in sight. And there is no wind to speak of. A clear, calm, cool morning in northeast Mississippi. A little while ago I drove down t …
Just in time for Thanksgiving Anthony Bollback has posted the November edition of China Clippings, focusing this month on the burgeoning Back to Jerusalem movement. Thousands of Chinese Christians have dedicated themselves to carrying the gospel outside China, through the Muslim countries to the west, all the way back to Je …
Phil Miglioratti of the National Pastors Prayer Network took last week’s sermon on The Agape Factor and turned it into a unique concept called Uncommon Prayer—The Twelve Stations of Love.. This is an excellent example of how preaching and corporate prayer can complement each other. By the way, recently Phil was inter …
This has been one of the satisfying days of my pastoral ministry. It all started twenty-three years ago when I became the pastor of Northeast Bible Church in Garland, Texas. The church was a year old when Marlene and I moved from Downey, California to Garland where I became the first pastor of the new church. For the few we …
Marvin Olasky writes in the current issue of World magazine about apologizing in public (Click here to read comments on the World Magazine blog). Taking as his starting point that confession and repentance should accompany thanksgiving (a helpful fact to keep in mind five days before Thanksgiving), Olasky points out how har …
Yesterday I wrote about how the Internet is changing the way we do ministry. Derek Taylor wrote a thoughtful follow-up that deserves a wide reading. Here is the heart of what he wrote:I want to echo what you said on today’s post about technology. Yesterday at work we had a very interesting speaker who is on the cuttin …
Looking for a website where you can find different Bible translations? Check out Online Translations of the Bible. They have more links to more translations (including some that are rather obscure) than any other site I’ve found. Excellent resource for pastors, Sunday School teachers, Bible teachers, and anyone wantin …
We have just posted the latest sermon in the series “The Transformed Life” from Romans 12-16: The Agape Factor: Twelve Ways to Love.
I ran across two recent articles that reinforced the notion that the Internet is radically reshaping how we will do ministry in the 21st century.Brian Bill pointed out an article in CT called What’s Next: Publishing and Broadcasting. Here is the money quote:Already, industry insiders are talking about on-demand kiosks …
Writing from China, Mark explains why you need to sign up for the Holy Land tour (January 17-26)