Leadership


The Gospel Coalition just announced the winners of their 2022 annual book awards. A few months ago, I was notified Apostolic Imagination had been nominated, which I never expected. And I never expected the book would receive an award. While it was not the winner in the Missions and Global […]

Gospel Coalition 2022 Book Awards


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Somewhere along the way, we decided it was impossible, or at least improbable, for the Church to experience rapid numerical growth and significant sanctification. I started marking such conversations in my journey as I heard them in the United States in the early 1990s. Many of you can provide earlier […]

Pick One: Church Maturation or Multiplication–for We Can’t have Both, ...


My last post here was March 31. On that day, I shared I would be taking time off from blogging (and YT and Strike the Match) until August. After 12 years of frequent writing here, I enjoyed the break so much that today is November 9. Would I recommend, to […]

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I frequent train others to share their faith using a marked New Testament. While this is not the only model for evangelism, it is a simple way to equip churches to communicate the gospel. It requires no memorization of Bible verses, prayers, or scripts. As Charles Brock often stated, “What […]

Good Old-Fashioned Marked New Testament


Joshua Johnson hosts the Shifting Culture Podcast. I greatly appreciate his heart for the nations. Joshua is the executive director for All Nations Kansas City–a training and sending organization that is operating in 25 countries. I also appreciate his podcast. He is honest, real, and transparent. He asks great questions […]

Shifting Culture