Making Men: Discipleship on Purpose
It is no secret: I have a son. He is four years old, and his name is Isaac Thor Johnston. I am proud of him, and I love him. But most importantly, I am responsible for him. When I look at him, I see a host of possibilities and adventures that he will experience in his lifetime. He will grow in wisdom and stature. And depending on my faithfulness in discipling him, he will grow in favor with God and man. This is a task that many men...
Church Growth: Whose Job Is It Anyway?
Every day junk mail floods church mailboxes luring pastors to jump on the church growth bandwagon. Information on the topic constantly streams forth in the form of seminars, conferences, and books. Pastors and laymen alike are urged to model their church after the newest, trendiest, most popular methods used by other churches. Unfortunately, there is no end in sight for this downward spiral. Many of the concepts of what we know as...
The Church and the Pragmatic Impulse
Those who have a vested claim in Christ’s kingdom have the crucial task of discerning the voice of the Spirit amid the whispers of the world. All true servants of Christ are interested in the same thing: serving the church and fulfilling the Great Commission. Along the way, however, questions arise concerning the means to that end. It would seem that the truly spiritual mantra “whatever it takes” says it all and in many ways, this...
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