Strategy Development for a New Generation of Disciple Makers

Lord willing–this September–Baker will release the book Developing a Strategy for Missions: A Biblical, Historical, and Cultural Introduction.  I am delighted to share this news with you.  John Mark Terry and I co-authored this book as a part of the Encountering Mission series.  In this post, I want to give you a bit of the [...]

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Eschatology-the study of last things–is extremely important to the health of the Church.  As Kingdom citizens, we know that the Bible has much to say about people’s eternal state, the return of Christ, the end of the world as we know it, and how we should live in light of such realities. However, in the [...]

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It is often good for leaders to refrain from sharing everything.  Some things need to remain untold.  However, when the omission relates to the magnificent, tongues must be loosened and lips unbridled.  This is the tale that is critical to reality, and deserves dissemination to a wide audience. When leaders fail to tell such a [...]

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November is recognized by the United States government as American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month.  Earlier this week, the latest numbers were released on the 566 tribes in this country.  For the past three years, I have written about Native Americans (First Nations if in Canada) here at the blog.  According to one estimate, [...]

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I am excited and thankful to share with you that my latest book has been released by Thomas Nelson.  Kingdom Expressions: Trends Influencing the Advancement of the Gospel provides an overview of the most influential gospel advancing movements and trends in the latter 20th and early 21st centuries. Over a year ago, Thomas Nelson approached [...]

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We often fail to consider the work of our Father before we arrive on the scene. We wrongly think we are the first domino to fall in God’s plan when it comes to our church planting endeavors. We may be near the beginning, but we are not the starting point–even among the unengaged and unreached.  [...]

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We live in a flat world, one where the distant is near and the exotic is familiar. Unless present global infrastructures disintegrate, it is likely that the world will continue to “shrink” in the days to come. Technological, economic, and travel advancements will accelerate the pulling of the continents together into a virtual and practical [...]

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I am very excited and thankful to be able to share with you some information about my book that (Lord willing) will be released by Thomas Nelson this December.  Kingdom Expressions: Trends Influencing the Advancement of the Gospel is a look at fourteen different movements and trends that have developed over the past several decades.  [...]

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My family and I just returned from a spring break trip to Washington D. C..  We spent the week riding the rails and buses across the city seeing the sites that the tourists are supposed to see.  My favorite stop was the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.  I have been an astronomy, astronautics, and [...]

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Because St. Patrick’s Day is approaching, I thought it would be helpful to consider this holiday from a different perspective. First, if you have not read The Confessions of St. Patrick, let me encourage you to do so during this time of the year.  It is a brief work and offers a glimpse into the [...]

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