Feb 24th, 2011
“Out There” Preaching
“I believe I never was more acceptable to my Master than when I was standing to teach those hearers in the open fields…I now preach to ten times more people than I would if I had been confined to the churches.” -George Whitfield My friend Steve McCoy has been wrestling with something for awhile. We’ve [...]
Mar 30th, 2010
Rework: Start Making Something
As promised last week, I’m going to keep working through a few of my favorite chapters in Rework – a great new book that takes a pretty down-to-earth look at startups. I’m reading through the lenses of my own context – specifically starting new churches. The next chapter I want to highlight was only one [...]
Mar 25th, 2010
Great Church Promo Video – Check it
Every wondered what it would be like if a church did promotion without a lot of hype and focused more on the Gospel than selling their church? It would probably look a lot like this: Grace Community Church is a church plant in the heart of San Antonio, TX that I’ve followed for awhile. They [...]
Mar 24th, 2010
Workaholism Doesn’t Make You A Hero
Last week, I read through a new book called Rework by the guys who are behind 37Signals, a great software company that produces some really helpful applications. The book is a short, easy to read, and on-the-ground-practical look at what it takes to do a start-up that works. Now, while starting a church and starting [...]
Mar 10th, 2010
Taking the Long View
A few years ago I read A Narrative of Suprising Conversions by Jonathan Edwards, and there is one particular paragraph that God used to shape and change my heart. In this paragraph, Edwards is talking about his grandfather, Solomon Stoddard, who preceded Edwards as pastor of his church. Listen to how Edwards describes him: He was [...]
Mar 5th, 2010
UPDATE: What I Actually Meant
So, two days ago I wrote a short blog post that ended up getting linked to, tweeted, and passed along – bringing about 40x the normal amount of readers to my blog. The post struck a nerve, it seems. But it was misunderstood by many, and because of that I need to clarify a few [...]
Mar 3rd, 2010
Uncool People Need Jesus Too
UPDATE: This post was ill-advised on not written well. I’ve written a follow up to it that explains more of what I was trying to say – please go read it first and then read the original post. CLICK HERE TO READ THE UPDATE FIRST. _________ Through my work with the Acts 29 Network, I [...]
Mar 2nd, 2010
Just a Little Patience!
If you don’t know who Gary Vaynerchuk is, let me introduce you: Gary is an entrepreneur, social media consultant, wine connoisseur (and salesman), and a big time NY Jets fan. His first book Crush It was a great read. Gary’s core message: find something you love, work hard, then work some more, and you can [...]
Feb 19th, 2010
Where Did All The Pastors Go?
I’ve spent entirely too much time over the past few years reading blogs. Seriously – ungodly amounts of time that I’ve had to repent of. One of the things I’ve found is that there is a pretty strong subculture of “Church Planter Blogosphere” – a group of guys who have all planted churches in the [...]
Feb 15th, 2010
New Church Spotlight: Covenant Community Church
Yesterday was a great day for Houston. Yesterday morning marked the launch of Covenant Community Church – a new church in the Pearland area of Houston. Covenant is part of the Acts 29 Network and is led by a great group of men assembled by Daniel Davis – the church planting pastor. I met Daniel [...]
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