3 Reasons the Election is an Opportunity for Discipleship
We are now well into the presidential election season. It’s not far from the top of everyone’s minds, and for most of us, the election represents a lot of issues.Depending on your political persuas...
The Danger of Chronological Snobbery In Discipleship
Chronological snobbery was one of the obstacles that CS Lewis had to overcome on his road to believing in Christianity. According to him, chronological snobbery is “the uncritical acceptance of the...
3 Principles of Family Discipleship
As parents, we are the greatest influences in the lives of our children. We are the ones responsible for forming their views on God, humanity, society, culture, and a host of other things. Now whil...
Why Christian Love is Expensive
A key element of survival is to know who you can count on to help you stay alive. The reverse is equally important: who is not trustworthy? Deep within our human psyche, we have a “homing device” t...
Loving Our (Unexpected) Neighbor
Mankind, he has told each of you what is good and what it is the LORD requires of you: to act justly, to love faithfulness, and to walk humbly with your God. (Micah 6:8) Jesus told many incredible...
A Framework for Deciding When to Pull and When to Feed a Church Program
When I was consulted by other church leaders, I was often asked to offer suggestions about what church programs they should eliminate. “Hey Eric, you wrote Simple Church, what should we get rid of?...
Discipleship Is About Learning... By Doing
Some things you can only really learn by doing.I remember several years ago I took our son on his first camping trip. I did not grow up doing a lot of camping, but I figured it couldn’t be that har...