Author: Administrador

We live in a microwave meals, listen-to-podcasts-in-double-time world. We want more with less; work smarter not harder. However, the move forward or get left behind mentality of today is not a good transferrable principle for discipleship. Mostly because discipleship is all about people, and people can’t be boiled down to a series of tasks. People … Continue reading “3 Things our Culture is Doing to Bible Reading and Discipleship”

“Pastor, why do you think this is happening to me? Is it because I failed to show sympathy to my mother?” No doubt you have been asked a similar question, from “why did God not let me get the job” to “why did God not heal my child.” “Why?” is the question our people want … Continue reading “Not Why, But What”

It was the Fall of 1531 and war was imminent among rival territories (called cantons) in Switzerland. In October the city of Zurich was attacked. The few troops from Zurich were soon defeated and one of the great Protestant reformers, Ulrich Zwingli was killed in battle. So hated was Zwingli that his enemies cut his … Continue reading “Ulrich Zwingli, Bold Soldier of Jesus Christ”

The Radical Reformation is a term to describe the groups of religious innovators who remained in neither the Roman Catholic nor mainline Protestant churches. Radical reformers lived outside the established order. Many of them accepted exile, torture, and capital punishment for their views. Radical reformers often took Protestant teachings to their logical conclusion putting them … Continue reading “Menno Simons, the Radical Reformation”

John Calvin was born in Noyon, France, July 10, 1509. Although Calvin is often considered the most influential reformer, the main reformation battles were already won by his time. While Calvin was still learning to read, Luther was giving his evangelical lectures on Psalms, Romans, and Galatians at Wittenberg. Most Christians know only know two … Continue reading “John Calvin, for the Glory of God”

On October 31, 1517, Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses (or statements of faith) on the door of Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany, sparking the Protestant Reformation. Martin Luther was a preacher, a theologian, an author, a professor, a developer of liturgies (worship services), an administrator, a translator of the Bible, and a hymn writer … Continue reading “Martin Luther, “Here I Stand””

I remember the most influential piece of wisdom I received in my first year of youth ministry. Over Starbucks, I met with my former pastor, Mark, who had introduced me to the Gospel of grace five years earlier. He had worked with Young Life for several years before becoming a church planter. Mark said, “If … Continue reading “Why Kids Need Exegetical Bible Teaching for the Long Haul”

Dear Church Family, This will be the last time I note differences between Sam and me. (Well, maybe not.) You probably have detected a difference in preaching style. I tend to be animated in the pulpit—arms flailing about, pacing back and forth, sometimes overly loud. Ginger is always after me to tone it down. Sam … Continue reading “Dear Church Family”

One of the sweetest routines my daughter and son-in-law have established with my grandchildren is the practice of reading Bible stories before bedtime. When I babysit, I continue the practice. My granddaughter is 3-1/2, so she chooses the story of the night based on the pictures in her children’s Bible. One night she selected the … Continue reading “3 Bible Stories We Never Tell Our Kids (but Should)”

“The following is an excerpt from a new book by Steve Green, president of Hobby Lobby, and his wife Jackie Green, called This Dangerous Book. This tremendous book explores the powerful and fascinating story of the Bible and the Green’s unprecedented journey to open the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C.” – Cory Mansfield … Continue reading “How Much Power Can One Book Have?”