Entries from February 2009

February 25, 2009

Contact Fatigue

Wow! I don’t think I’ve ever been so social! I’m on four different sites enabling contact with friends old and new. I think I could spend hours each day face-booking, twittering, texting and plaxo-pulsing. Of course I can’t do that and get anything done. I have done a lot of [...]

February 14, 2009

A Lesson from the Carrot Patch

When we try to do God’s work and pull up the weeds, precious souls are damaged. We’re terrible at it. Yet, that’s exactly what we spend a lot of time and energy doing…deciding who’s in and who’s out.

February 11, 2009

The Mission: Avoid it or Embrace it?

My dear friend and brother, Robert Odle, has written an excellent post that every committed Christian ought to read, digest and act upon.  You will find it here.
Shall we seek to do what Jesus commanded, or shall we continue to be distracted by things he never mentioned or modeled?  Do yourself a favor and have [...]

February 4, 2009

Elijah on Jesus

One of the missionaries I helped train, Elijah Peters, works with a team in Auckland.  He has written an exellent article, “One Solution,” that I recommend to all my readers.  It goes so well with my series, “The Jesus Method.”  See if you don’t agree.