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Jesus + Nothing = Everything: Review from the White Horse Inn Occasionally, we pull our pastor friends away from their ecclesiastic duties, and through our cunning wiles and irresistible charm manage to wheedle them into writing for us. Today, we have our buddy Brian Thomas, the Vicar of Grace Lutheran Church in San Diego, California, reviewing Tullian Tchividjian’s Jesus + Nothing = Everything.  (If this whets your appetite, check out the Rev. Tchividjian’s latest MR article here.) Math has never been my strong suit, but Tullian Tchividjian’s latest book, Jesus+ Nothing=Everything, presents a liberating equation for troubled sinners. Written in

Metrics are difficult and we in the church of Jesus Christ tend to measure the wrong things.  Here is a great article to help all of us consider what we measure in ministry.  Theological Metric for Ministry- Credo Magazine:By Pastor Tom Fillinger —  “You shall not have in your bag two kinds of weights, a large and a small. You shall not have in your house two kinds of measures, a large and a small. A full and fair weight you shall have, a full and fair measure you shall have, that your days may be long in the land

Preparing for Easter Church Guestsby Diana Davis on Friday, February 05, 2010  You’ve inundated your town with prayer and printed invitations to worship at your church on Easter. Your individual members’ interactions with people in your community have reinforced those efforts. You have a sudden, terrifying thought … “What if they all show up?!””   My husband often says, “You get what you get ready for.” Need fresh ideas for getting ready? Prepare for the masses Update website, guest packets, directional signage and first-time-guest parking spaces. Make the church facilities sparkle; they reflect your love for God. Prepare extra bulletins,

“HOW DO YOU CHANGE ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE?  by Michael Hyatt Intentional Leadership Blog  On Sunday night at the NRB Convention, I was on a panel discussion led by Phil Cooke. Our topic was “How to Change Organizational Culture.” This is something every leader eventually faces.”   Phil began the session by stating, “culture triumphs vision.” I agree completely. Leaders often wonder why they can’t get traction in making the changes they know are necessary. They articulate a new vision. They change a few policies. They might even replace a few key people. But nothing substantive changes. The problem is that culture

The Gospel Project Webcast Here is an inside look at The Gospel Project, LifeWay’s new gospel-centered Bible study resource, through this special webcast video replay. I hope you were able to participate in The Gospel Project webcast last week. Over 3000 leaders participated and the hashtag #thegospelproject was trending number 2 on twitter during the webcast. You may now watch the entire webcast here …Trevin Wax, Managing Editor of The Gospel Project, hosted as Advisory Council members Matt Chandler and J.D. Greear, and General Editor Ed Stetzer, talk about gospel-centeredness in the lives of Christians and the church, today.  Matt Chandler  discusses the need

5 Things We Do Today Instead of Preaching the Word: —Excerpted from a talk given at the Acts 29 Lead Pastors’ Retreat in 2011– by Pastor James McDonald I wish I could tell you that most pastors are preaching the Word. I can’t—some are not. Here are five things we may choose to do instead of preaching the Word. 1. Entertaining“Music, drama, and video, felt needs, topics, more stories” None of those things are wrong—unless they displace the preaching of the Word of God. Some teachers will tell you that you need to tell stories in your sermons or you

Does Inclusivism Fall Within the Boundaries of Evangelicalism?: In each issue of Credo Magazine we feature “From the Horse’s Mouth” where we ask a pressing question to notable pastors and scholars. In the January issue of Credo Magazine, “In Christ Alone,” we asked: Does inclusivism fall within the boundaries of evangelicalism? Our responders included: Paul Helm, Richard Mouw, Stephen Wellum, and Terrance Tiessen. Find out what they had to say! Open publication – Free publishing To view the magazine as a PDF Click Here The January issue argues for the exclusivity of the gospel, especially in light of the movement

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I appreciate Michael Patton’s explanation here because I have always had problems with C.S. Lewis’s theology while loving some of his books. His denial of substitutionary atonement and the Biblical doctrine of inerrancy is a problem for me, but to hear Michael differentiate between what was C.S. Lewis’ chorus from his stanzas is helpful for me. while I don’t know how he can emphasize the Gospel while denying some things like substitutionary atonement.  I complete believe that Scripture and Gospel mission is denied by C.S. Lewis’ inclusivism or “wider-grace” view of salvation apart from the knowledge of Christ.  As a pastor these

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