I was at another one of those meetings for area pastors yesterday. We use the term “religious leaders” instead of pastors because we don’t want offend the Muslim and Jewish leaders in our community who NEVER attend. Anyway, we were talking about the problem of the ne

Three examples of racism from today’s post by Dr. Blumenfeld, two have been corrected, one revealed: 1. Latter Day Saints, LDS: men of African decent can now be in the priesthood of the church: 1978 2. Southern Baptist Convention, SBC: denomination apologizes (for the 100th time

In Matthew 25, Jesus taught of the eternal consequences of neglecting those in need. “Then he will answer them, saying, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me. And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous i

It’s not even Labor Day, but ministries in our church network are getting off to a nice start. At our student ministry at Iowa State University, our freshman kick-off had nearly 600 students and the whole group of Salt Company students had over 1300 at their kickoff. Cornerstone Churc

Today’s program was an interview of Tess Haverkamp & Bethany Berger who recently attended the Summit Student Worldview Conference. The program aired on Saturday, August 18th at 12:00pm on KTIA 99.3 FM.     To listen to the program click on the link below, each segment is

Yesterday I wrote that many of us are distracted by glorification of the past, here. We think, “What we need to do is get back to the glory days of the Reformation, or the American Revolution, or the 1950′s.” Instead let’s stop getting into a froth about whether Thom

I’m facilitating two online classes at the Cornerstone School of Theology this fall through Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. For more information, go here. 1. Cross-Cultural Church Planting: August 20 – October 12, 2012 (Sign-up Deadline: August 13th) Cross-Cultural Chur

Steven Scott in The Jesus Mission claims that many believers are unaware of the four lifelong missions  given to them by Jesus. With this book he  identifies and explains those four missions along with the twenty-seven missions accomplished by Christ. The four missions for believers a

The sub-title for Churches that Multiply is “A Bible Study on Church Planting”. The format of each chapter is to describe a specific church that is mentioned in the New Testament, including historical and archeological background, and then include a narrative derived from

Darlene is in this one… What did you think? Powerful message huh? For the sermon on divorce from Mark 10 from Jeff Dodge, go here.

Congratulations Jacob!!! During the next chapter of your life… 1. Grow spiritually. But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen. (2 Pet. 3:18) Get in the habit of writing down one insight

Missiology is a perfect one-stop shop to begin the study of missions. The editors draw from dozens of writers to create forty-two chapters of a nearly encyclopedic overview of the study of missions or missiology. The expected chapters on the biblical basis of missions, history of miss

The key article in lesson 4, “Mandate for the Nations”, is Steven Hawthorne’s Mandate on the Mountain. A summary and discussion questions are below. His central text is: Matthew 28:18 Then Jesus came near and said to them, “All authority has been given to Me in heave

The key article in lesson 3 is “The Gospel of the Kingdom” by George Eldon Ladd. A summary and discussion questions are below. His summary texts are: Jesus began with an announcement: “Repent, because the kingdom of heaven has come near!” (Matt. 4:17). His teaching w

Last week at the “Elephant Room 2″ Conference, the pastors were summing up their remarks and congratulating themselves for the open conversation celebrating their unity in essentials of doctrine and liberty in non-essentials. I was surprised when one of them felt compelled