Ed Stetzer

Whether you have been waiting with baited breath or this is your first time hearing about it, Ministry Grid will launch on 11/12/13. We are excited about this dynamic platform for training the church because we believe it will provide unprecedented opportunity for churches ...

Now we're into Jesus Juking seasons? Goodness gracious.

Someone wants to boast about their Holy Ghost wiener roast that's better than most. (Am I doing this right?)

This is funny, right, because one way to pray is to get on your knEEs and the "EE" in ...

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I was born in Spokane, Washington, and I've lived all my 40-plus years in the United States. If you never met or saw me before but heard me speak, you would likely assume that English is my first language, and you'd be correct. I love watching the NFL, I vote and ...

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I know lots of Christians who avoid Halloween. I did years ago. The Halloween church signs we just posted make that clear. I get it and even respect it, depending on how you handle it.

One of my churchy neighbors makes a point of turning on his lights so that everyone knows ...

Some might say you could add "No Fun" to this list.

I'm of the view that Christians might want to participate in trick-or-treating, as I explain in this post. However, I know that some do not, and they use their signs to tell about it!

Jesus Juking Halloween ...

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A Casting Call for Leading Ladies — Donna Hill

Evangelicalism is not often a friendly place for women leaders. This article reminds us that we need to be developing leaders, with a specific emphasis on developing women leaders in the secular world. It's worth your ...

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Jesus lived in an agrarian society, so it shouldn't surprise us that many of His parables use metaphors related to farming. When He told these stories originally, His audience would have resonated with the talk of fields, seed, and crops.

These were tangible ideas Jesus ...

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Where Did All These Calvinists Come From? — Matt Smethurst

Although I can't find a rise in Calvinism in our Protestant pastor surveys, we do find evidence of a growth of Calvinism in some denominations.

This article gives a pretty good description of the influences ...

For the past few years we have hosted a gathering of church planting leaders from across North America to consider process and practices of church planting. We call this group the Church Planting Leadership Fellowship.

This is a peer group, specifically focused on those ...

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The Church's Spiritual Message in Prince George's Baptism — Elizabeth Dias

It's been fascinating to see the coverage of the royal baptism, but many of the stories are rather weak on theology. Elizabeth Dias does a good job in her story.

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Previously, I gave you three questions the denominational or network leaders who works most closely to the churches should be asking. Technically, those are often called mid-level judicatories (districts, associations, regions, conferences, etc.), though it depends on the polity ...

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The Man Behind the President's Devotional — Paul Brandeis Raushenbush

This was a moving article from The Huffington Post, featuring Joshua Dubois (who will be a guest at this blog one of these days!).

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I started a new (occasional) feature of things from my Sunday message. Last time, it was something the Lord taught me—on the need to forgive some people who had not done anything to me, but I was growing bitter toward. Now, I just thought I'd share something I learned ...

Two weeks ago, I published an article about how missional living engages us to see life through God's perspective. It was an idea that Philip Nation and I wrote about in our book Compelled: Living the Mission of God.

Last week, I wrote about how the Holy Spirit works to empower ...

Jesus Juking driver safety. Don't text and drive!

In light of recent healthcare debates in the United States: who needs healthcare when you've got Jesus right...?

I don't think I really want to be "loved into" anything.

Thanks to Ian Ashby, Mike ...