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5 Questions to Consider Before Leaving Your Church
There may be times where it is most appropriate for an individual or a family to leave their church. For ...
The 4 S’s of Parenting
As a youth minister, it was super easy to identify where the parents of the teenagers were going wrong. If ...
Christians, Yoga Pants, & Lust
I'm a bit late to the conversation, as usual. Apparently there was a ruckus in the Christian sub-culture regarding a ...
Recent Posts
Before You Plant a Church – Part 1 – Don’t Forget Your First Member
The aim of this series is not to discount the power of the Holy Spirit in expanding the Kingdom of God through church planting. I believe that the same power that launched the church in Acts 2 is still at ...
A ‘Yes’ is Also a ‘No’
A few weeks ago, a close friend of mine was treating me to a pork chop lunch at Perry's. If you haven't tried it, you must. It's delicious and quite affordable. This guy is also a pastor and one of ...
Open Calling, Closed Doors: Waiting to Enter Vocational Ministry
In my last post, The Idolatry of Vocational Ministry, I discussed the importance of a sober evaluation of one's calling into vocational ministry. One of the guys from the church I pastor asked if I was going to write an encouragement to ...
The Idolatry of Vocational Ministry
If I had a nickel for every time I’ve spoken to a young man who was lamenting his day job and longing to be in full-time vocational ministry, I’d have 20’s of dollars. Over the last several years Steph and ...
The Lost Art of Tentmaking – A Word of Caution – Part 4
A WORD OF CAUTION If you are just tuning into this series, you may want to go read Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 before reading through this post. As I have been writing from my experience as a ...
The Lost Art of Tentmaking – Part 3
If you haven't had an opportunity to read Part 1 and Part 2, I'd encourage you to do so before proceeding through this post. When Steph and I moved to The Woodlands / Magnolia, TX area to plant Christ Community ...
The Lost Art of Tentmaking – Part 2
Part 2 - What Should You Do? In part 1 of this series I explored the possibility of the need to work extra jobs to ensure that your calling to your family and to plant a church are faithfully fulfilled ...
The Lost Art of Tentmaking – Part 1
After this Paul left Athens and went to Corinth. And he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome. And he went to see them, ...
No Resolutions, Just Simple Goals
If I were to have any resolutions, I would likely steal some from Jonathan Edwards. In lieu of this, I have decided to merely stick with setting some personal goals for 2014. Resolutions have often left me disenchanted and frustrated ...
Reaching Men
There is a lot that can be said about the importance of reaching men, especially in the context of the local church. When I planted Christ Community Church of Magnolia, one of my main convictions was that I would focus ...
