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  • Calling

    Whenever people devote themselves to something in the Christian life that seems far fetched or radical, we oftentimes make the comment of it being that person's calling. Essentially we say, "It's okay for you, but not f…

  • A call

    I was working a youth camp one summer and a couple people "surrendered to the ministry" in a service that evening. A little 7th grade girl got this curious look on her face and asked me, "Aren't we all called to ministr…

  • Baptist Church, Inc.

    "It is for freedom that Christ has set you free." Unless you're in ministry. A lot of jobs can enslave you. But ministry is a bit unique I think. You piss off your customers and your business suffers. You piss off y…

  • Dying has never been easy. Pt. 3

    The third thing I'm dying to is the idea of a successful ministry. I am having to die to my agenda and desires for approval. There's a large part of me that wants to be respected and recognized. I want people to affir…

  • Dying has never been easy pt. 2

    The second thing I have been dying to is the death of comfort and security. I have decided to move to the area of Haltom City in Fort Worth. It's kind of a run down part of Fort Worth. I have heard it described as, "I…

  • Dying has never been easy. Pt. 1

    I met with a few friends Saturday who were interested in the start of a new church plant called Movement in the Fort Worth area. I ended up doing a lot of sharing about what God's been doing in my life and where I'm at.…

  • Good intentions

    Change is only possible when the entire system changes. Therefore, you can't change one part and change the whole. My church demonstrates that changing only part of a system does not change much.Over the past three yea…

  • False Titles and Female Leadership

    I really don't have a problem if someone wants to say that there are Biblical roles for men and women. I don't even have a problem if you want to say that women can't be in leadership. But what I can't stand is when th…

  • Many of you know that one of the biggest goals in my life is to break down the gap between the pew and the pulpit in churches. That's one reason I have this blog. The majority of the people that read this do not work i…

  • Edit: Off to Hot-lanta, aka. A-town, for Catalyst. Wish you were going. I'll bring back something for y'all. ------------------------------ Testify. I don't speak of the futility of ministering outside a local church…

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