Archive for November, 2006

Now that I have had a day to recover from my SBC travels I offer a little more detailed set of thoughts on this year’s SBC and its significance: 1. I believe history will show this to be a significant turning point in our convention. This reminded me a lot of my first annual SBC, [...]

We who call ourselves Evangelical Christians owe a great debt to Martin Luther. Luther, a Catholic monk who learned that the just shall live by faith rather than by religious behavior, led a Reformation. His impact demonstrates how movements often happen. Rarely if ever do spiritually renewing movements come from the center of a tradition; [...]

The following comes from the writings of Jonathan Edwards on Revival and speaks much to our day as well. You can read more in its context at http://books.google.com/books?id=qbQOAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA386&lpg=PA386&dq=jonathan+edwards+zeal+and+resolution&source=bl&ots=5xM2Rjj1sX&sig=G1QEgUwZP5WC4tJVFV4bzR9Q__o&hl=en&ei=GaEvSprmI4PUNJOl6IcK&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3. “Two things that are exceeding needful in ministers, as they would do any great matters, to advance the kingdom of Christ, are zeal and resolution. The influence [...]

“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again while expecting different results.” Einstein In the fall of 1969 a young college student at a small private college became concerned over the spiritual life on her campus. She invited five other students to join her in what she called the “Grand Experiment.” On the [...]

Earlier this week I had one of our wonderful students come to see me (I really love these students). During our conversation she shared her plans to go with the IMB as part of our 2 plus 2 program. Then she mentioned hearing about our International Mission Board cutting back on the number of missionaries [...]