It seems to me that there is a problem common in the evangelical church, one that inhibits our ministry to those who are unreached and leaves us sitting in chairs and pews with heads full of good things that do no good at all. Our command and commission is to love God and the world [...]
If we were to look out across the city of the Church with spiritual eyes, from a distance we would see a massive, sprawling metropolis; a place full of people and movement and excitement. However, move but a bit closer and the metropolis is seen to be nothing more than an unfinished city. Here and [...]
To be honest, I am tired of this “Christianity” that we live. As for me, my heart longs for something that is deeper, stronger, and more alive than what appears to be the common Christian life here in central Minnesota. I read the words and stories of men like Charles Wesley, David Livingstone, William Carey, [...]
The last four days of my life have been spent living at our church with about 25 junior and senior high students, as well as several leaders for Missions Brainerd, a short local missions trip that emphasizes serving around our home cities. We’ve done everything from landscaping at a local camp for the mentally handicapped, [...]
The church today has become far too inwardly focused. As a whole, we have long failed to give an active account of the true gospel. Instead, it is preached as dry words from pulpits, only to fall like brown and dead leaves at the feet of people who need much, much more. People who have [...]