Sublime

Geri’s leaving the church pushed me over the brink to look beneath the surface of my iceberg to depths that were, until this time, too frightening to consider. Pain has an amazing ability to open us to new truth and to get us moving.

“What do disciples need?” Too many of our ministry philosophies follow a consumeristic mind-set that tries to give disciples what they want instead of giving them what they need. In order to make growing and maturing followers of Christ, how should the church intentionally be training their people so they may be equipped to equip others?

The church doesn’t have to remain a group of needy people complaining that they haven’t been fed well enough. It really can become a group of servants who thrive in serving.

The Euro-tribal churches have reduced God to a day of the week, a building, a professional, a private moment in the day, to a thing called “evangelism” or “social action,” to “helping” and “meeting needs.”

lets go of his need to be a popular communicator and to create “wow” moments in his messages.

1. Ask the Big Question Now

In my early years of ministry, I had no idea there was such a thing as God’s gift of limits.

This extraordinary contentment and peace that we observe in Jesus’ ministry as he embraces his limits