Leadership Journal

Winter 2008

Is Our Gospel Too Small?

Volume 29

Spring 2008

In an age of simplicity, efficiency, and measurable results, has the gospel been diminished?

Articles in this Issue

Red-Letter Days

Clark Cothern

When God’s message changes the messenger.

The Hermeneutics Quiz

Scot McKnight

Your biblical blind spots and what you tend not to see.

Show, Don’t Tell

Angelic host proclaims: Jim Walker calls his approach to preaching “fellowship with the Word.”

Who Stole My Church?

When the church you love tries to enter the 21st century.

Life Before Winter

Jerry Amstutz

The vital ministry in assisted living facilities and funeral homes.

Is it Still Gospel Preaching?

Leighton Ford

The 21st-century makes demands of those who want to communicate the richness of the gospel.

Living (the) Bible

A.J. Jacobs spent a year trying to be completely obedient to Scripture. Even down to his underwear.

Two of Me

Mindy Caliguire

For God’s people, the opposite of simplicity is not complexity. It’s duplicity.

Between “Failure” and “Fraud”

I hear two voices—assessing, accusing. Which will I listen to?

Biblical Authority & Today’s Preacher

How much has changed over 50 years?

The Divine Commodity

Reviewed by Skye Jethani

Today many people choose churches like they choose groceries.

People of the Book

God’s people are distinguished by one thing; my job is to teach it.

Team Work

Rick Muchow

Form-fit Preaching

Jeffrey Arthurs

How the genre of the biblical text should shape sermon structure.

Leadership Heroes!

Chad Hall

Types of Heroes We All Should Have

An Efficient Gospel?

Tim Keel

The modern world was inclined toward reduction, efficiency, and things you can count.

Hot Theology

If we ignore the reality of hell, we make one of Jesus’ frequent teachings a mere metaphor.

Let God Speak for Himself

An interview with <i>The Divine Hours</i> author Phyllis Tickle

Why we need to listen to more Scripture, without embellishment, in worship and life.

Cartoon

In Children’s Ministry

Dennis Fletcher

Cartoon

Focused Sermons

Dennis Fletcher

Cartoon

Preaching from Trapeze

Scott Arthur Masear

Cartoon

Quick Exit after Service

Ron Morgan

Cartoon

Disturbing Biblical Imagery

Mark Sisson

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