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  • 2010.09.02: Thursday Is for Thinkers: Jack Lumanog, Transformational Small Churches, & Bivo Ministry
  • 2010.09.01: Kevin Ezell Nominated as President of North American Mission Board: A Great Leader with a Heart for and Track Record in Church Planting
  • 2010.08.31: Transformational Small Churches: Guest Post from Christian Phuoc-lanh Phan
  • 2010.08.31: And the Winner Is . . .
  • 2010.08.31: Small Church Week Graphic
  • 2010.08.31: Help Us Make a Graphic for Small Church Week
  • 2010.08.30: Calling for Contextualization Part 6: Loving and Hating the World
  • 2010.08.30: The Church at Indian Lake
  • 2010.08.27: Fun Friday: You Supply the Caption
  • 2010.08.26: Thursday Is for Thinkers: Dan Cruver on Small Churches and Adoption
  • 2010.08.25: Transformational Small Churches: Jim Thomas on Global Thinking in a Grain Bin World
  • 2010.08.24: Leadership Book Interview: Surprised by Grace with Tullian Tchividjian
  • 2010.08.24: News Release: The Exchange All-Day Webcast
  • 2010.08.23: Calling for Contextualization, Part 5: Indigenization
  • 2010.08.22: Free Viral Churches Seminar in NYC Area
  • 2010.08.20: Church Planting Leadership Fellowship
  • 2010.08.19: Thursday is for Thinkers: Ray Ortlund on Small Churches Planting Churches
  • 2010.08.18: Transformational Small Churches: Nathan James on Mobilizing People for Missions
  • 2010.08.16: Preaching for Transformation
  • 2010.08.16: On-Ramps to Mission: Vision Trips
  • 2010.08.15: Celebrating Our Anniversary
  • 2010.08.13: Back to Church Sunday: Reaching the UnChurched and DeChurched
  • 2010.08.12: Thursday is for Thinkers: Kelly Minter on The Gospel Versus Religious Mission
  • 2010.08.11: Calling for Contextualization: Part 4, Untangling Cultural Engagement
  • 2010.08.10: Leadership Book Interview: Kerry and Chris Shook on Their New Book, Love at Last Sight
  • 2010.08.09: New Video about Viral Churches
  • 2010.08.06: Issues Evangelicals Must Face
  • 2010.08.05: Thursday is for Thinkers: Rice Broocks on The Evangelist and the Missional Church
  • 2010.08.04: UnCool Video Bumpers
  • 2010.08.04: Articles at Patheos
  • 2010.08.03: Leadership Book Interview: The Strategically Small Church by Brandon O'Brien
  • 2010.08.02: Preaching Transformation on Sermon Central
  • 2010.07.30: Down Time at Glorieta
  • 2010.07.29: Church Planting Presentations
  • 2010.07.29: Thursday is for Thinkers: Jason Hayes on Mentoring
  • 2010.07.28: Transformation in the Smaller Church
  • 2010.07.27: The Exchange All Day: Transformational Small Churches
  • 2010.07.26: When Missional Churches Will Multiply
  • 2010.07.25: Saturday is for Seminars
  • 2010.07.22: Off to the Worldwide Church of God / Grace Communion International in Orlando
  • 2010.07.22: Thursday is for Thinkers: Ray Chang on Creating a Culture of Internship in the Church
  • 2010.07.21: Four New Church Planting Books
  • 2010.07.20: Calling for Contextualization, Part 3: Knowing and Making Known the Gospel
  • 2010.07.19: No Such Thing as "the Gift of Evangelism"
  • 2010.07.16: Church Leadership Book Interview: Charles Stone on 5 Ministry Killers and How to Defeat Them
  • 2010.07.15: Thursday is for Thinkers: Wendy Horger Alsup on Equipping Women for Gospel-Centered Lives
  • 2010.07.14: My Interview with Adrian Warnock: Why We Need Non-Paid Christian Leaders
  • 2010.07.13: Reflecting on Balance and Rest in the Ministry
  • 2010.07.12: Christians are Hate-Filled Hypocrites . . . and Other Lies You've Been Told
  • 2010.07.09: Discerning Reader on "Compelled by Love"
  • 2010.07.08: Thursday is for Thinkers: Leah Leach and the "QuarterLife Crisis"
  • 2010.07.07: Viral Churches Interview
  • 2010.07.06: Barna on Group Expressions of Faith
  • 2010.07.05: No Monday is for Missiology Today
  • 2010.07.04: Just a Reminder on July 4
  • 2010.07.03: Saturday is for Seminars: Mainline Call
  • 2010.07.02: Transformational Churches and The Value of Community
  • 2010.07.01: Thursday is for Thinkers: Michael Kelley
  • 2010.06.30: Whatever Happened to the Gospel? A Leadership Book Interview with David Nicholas
  • 2010.06.28: Calling for Contextualization: Part 2, The Need to Contend and Contextualize
  • 2010.06.28: Just a Little Fun for Fathers
  • 2010.06.27: My Summer Preaching Schedule
  • 2010.06.25: A Dust-Up Worth Considering
  • 2010.06.24: Protestant Churches Persevere Through Tough Economy
  • 2010.06.22: My Time on TBN
  • 2010.06.21: Calling for Contextualization: Part 1
  • 2010.06.21: Monday is for Missiology: Meanings of Missional
  • 2010.06.19: Saturday is for Seminars
  • 2010.06.18: Barna and Teen Research
  • 2010.06.17: Thursday is for Thinkers: Michael Carpenter
  • 2010.06.15: Transformational Church
  • 2010.06.14: Christianity Today Article on Denominations
  • 2010.06.13: INTRAdenominational Church Planting Networks
  • 2010.06.12: Saturday is for Seminars: Orlando Edition
  • 2010.06.11: Denominational Wisdom
  • 2010.06.10: What I'm Thinking about with "Thursday is for Thinkers"
  • 2010.06.10: Thursday is for Thinkers: Scott McConnell
  • 2010.06.09: The Church and Social Media
  • 2010.06.08: Outreach Magazine/LifeWay Research Special Report
  • 2010.06.07: Interview on Viral Churches
  • 2010.06.07: Belated "Sat. is for Seminars" (Orlando version)
  • 2010.06.07: Monday is for Missiology: Involving All of God's People in All of God's Mission, Part 4
  • 2010.06.05: Saturday is for Seminars - It's Time for Denominational Meetings
  • 2010.06.04: Sojourning for God's Global Mission
  • 2010.06.02: Researching Canada
  • 2010.06.01: Involving All of God's People in All of God's Mission, Part 3
  • 2010.06.01: Involving All of God's People in All of God's Mission, Part 2
  • 2010.05.31: Thinking on the Plane
  • 2010.05.30: Heading Home and Upcoming Travel
  • 2010.05.29: Greater Europe Mission
  • 2010.05.28: Paris
  • 2010.05.28: Westminster Chapel: Preaching Point / Mission Center
  • 2010.05.27: Involving all of God's people in all of God's mission, Part 1
  • 2010.05.26: Art, Creativity, and Evangelism
  • 2010.05.26: Steve Timmis, Western Europe & Church Planting
  • 2010.05.26: More on Missions and Global Cities
  • 2010.05.25: Global Cities & Gospel Influence
  • 2010.05.24: God Loves Protestors Too
  • 2010.05.23: Caleb Crider on The Upstream Collective
  • 2010.05.23: Terry Virgo, Church Planting Networks, and London
  • 2010.05.22: Why in the World Are We in London?
  • 2010.05.21: Asking "Who Is Not Here?"
  • 2010.05.20: My Interview in Bible Study Magazine
  • 2010.05.19: Connecting People for God's Mission in London/Paris
  • 2010.05.19: missionSHIFT: More Info
  • 2010.05.18: Do Not Plant or Pastor a Church in Your Head
  • 2010.05.17: More on the MissionSHIFT Conference
  • 2010.05.14: Why I Deleted My Personal Facebook Account-- And Why You Might Consider the Doing the Same
  • 2010.05.13: Free Books!
  • 2010.05.12: More on the Millennials
  • 2010.05.11: missionSHIFT: Introducing Daniel Montgomery
  • 2010.05.11: missionSHIFT: Introducing J.D. Greear
  • 2010.05.10: missionSHIFT: Introducing Jeffrey Curtis
  • 2010.05.10: Trusting God Through Crises-- My Sunday Msg
  • 2010.05.09: Morning Worship, N'ville Flood, & Disaster Relief
  • 2010.05.07: Sometimes You Just Need a Diversion
  • 2010.05.06: More on Flood Relief and Recovey
  • 2010.05.05: American's Thoughts on Prayer
  • 2010.05.04: Nashville Flood Recovery
  • 2010.05.03: Monday is for Missiology: Missional Voices II
  • 2010.05.03: Flooding in Nashville-- Some Personal Observations and Reflection
  • 2010.04.30: Exponential Presentations
  • 2010.04.28: "Apostolic Harvest" Church Planting-- Your Input Requested
  • 2010.04.27: New Data on the Millenials from LifeWay Research
  • 2010.04.26: In Raleigh Durham Today
  • 2010.04.23: Perceptions of Islam among Protestant Pastors
  • 2010.04.21: Exponential and Church Planting Trends
  • 2010.04.21: Jared C. Wilson: Abide
  • 2010.04.19: Monday is for Missiology: Missional Voices
  • 2010.04.19: Comment Policy
  • 2010.04.19: missionSHIFT: An Interview with Neil Cole
  • 2010.04.18: Sunday is for Seminars-- Advance 2010
  • 2010.04.17: Saturday is for Seminars
  • 2010.04.16: How Should We Engage Culture?
  • 2010.04.14: Comment Policy-- Your Thoughts?
  • 2010.04.13: The Most Influential Preachers
  • 2010.04.12: missionSHIFT: Introducing Matt Chandler
  • 2010.04.09: missionSHIFT: Introducing Randy Nabors
  • 2010.04.07: Musings on Missiology: Theological Approaches to Social Action and Transformation
  • 2010.04.06: Legalism
  • 2010.04.05: Monday is for Missiology: Late Edition
  • 2010.04.05: missionSHIFT: Introducing Michael Bleeker
  • 2010.04.02: Holy Week Music
  • 2010.04.01: April Fools Day Tweets
  • 2010.04.01: Special Guests at Our Easter Service
  • 2010.03.31: Urban Church Planting Research
  • 2010.03.30: Defining / Clarifying The Gospel
  • 2010.03.29: Monday is for Missiology: Evangelism and Social Justice
  • 2010.03.26: missionSHIFT: Introducing Brad Andrews
  • 2010.03.26: Hubris and Leadership
  • 2010.03.25: Transformational Church-- Snippet 1
  • 2010.03.24: missionSHIFT: Introducing Jeff Vanderstelt
  • 2010.03.22: Monday is for Missiology: One More Run at Salvation
  • 2010.03.22: New Research on Pastors, Seminary, and Staff Requirements
  • 2010.03.19: Viral Churches
  • 2010.03.18: missionSHIFT: Introducing Joe Thorn
  • 2010.03.17: Verge Conference Video
  • 2010.03.16: missionSHIFT: Introducing Earl Creps
  • 2010.03.15: Monday is for Missiology: How and Why is God at Work Outside the Church?
  • 2010.03.11: American Congregations Survey
  • 2010.03.09: Religion in America
  • 2010.03.08: Trevin Wax: Holy Subversion
  • 2010.03.07: Monday is for Missiology
  • 2010.03.06: Two Rivers and Gospel Healing
  • 2010.03.03: The Exchange
  • 2010.03.02: March Outreach Mag Column: Church Birth Control
  • 2010.03.01: Prologue to Missional Discussions
  • 2010.03.01: Monday is for Missiology
  • 2010.02.28: Sunday is for Seminars
  • 2010.02.26: How to Avoid (and Apologize for) Falling for a Phishing Scam and Sending Out Spam
  • 2010.02.25: missionSHIFT: Introducing Bob Roberts
  • 2010.02.24: Teaching at Saddleback
  • 2010.02.23: missionSHIFT: Introducing Hugh Halter
  • 2010.02.22: Monday is for Missiology
  • 2010.02.21: Saturday is for Seminars
  • 2010.02.17: missionSHIFT: Introducing Dan Kimball
  • 2010.02.17: Golden Canon Award for Lost and Found
  • 2010.02.17: Philippians part 3, The Journey of Maturity
  • 2010.02.15: Some Thoughts from Stott
  • 2010.02.15: Monday is for Missiology: The Church, the Kingdom, and the Mission
  • 2010.02.15: Missional Mondays: Introducing Alan Hirsch
  • 2010.02.12: In SoCal for the Weekend
  • 2010.02.11: Anglicans, Affirmation, and Action
  • 2010.02.10: Guerrilla Lovers
  • 2010.02.08: Monday is for Missiology: The Eschatological Dimension of the Missional Church
  • 2010.02.08: Missional Mondays: Introducing Linda Bergquist
  • 2010.02.07: Thoughts on Faith and Sports
  • 2010.02.05: 2009 in Review: March
  • 2010.02.03: Some Upcoming Seminars
  • 2010.02.03: What is a Missional Church?
  • 2010.02.02: Missional Manifesto: Introducing Eric Mason
  • 2010.02.02: The Exchange Live Web Show Starts Today at 2p.m. Central
  • 2010.02.01: "Converts to What?"-- On the Need for Showing and Sharing the Love of Christ
  • 2010.01.29: Philippians Series, parts 1 and 2
  • 2010.01.27: Christian, Jew and Muslim "Trialogue"
  • 2010.01.27: Talking Small Groups with Guest Rick Howerton
  • 2010.01.26: New Live Web Show: The Exchange
  • 2010.01.24: Missing the Missional Mark
  • 2010.01.24: Sunday is for Seminars
  • 2010.01.22: XBOX 360 and the Bible
  • 2010.01.21: Younger & Ethnic Leaders in Denominations
  • 2010.01.19: Adrian Warnock and The Resurrection
  • 2010.01.18: 2009 in Review: February
  • 2010.01.15: Article in Christianity Today, "Curing Stats Abuse"
  • 2010.01.14: New Research on Church and Economy
  • 2010.01.12: Language in the Pulpit
  • 2010.01.11: Ten Scripture Texts on God's Mission
  • 2010.01.10: Some Upcoming Seminars
  • 2010.01.07: Help Me Write a Study Bible Article on Missional Churches
  • 2010.01.06: 2009 in Review: January
  • 2010.01.05: The Joyful Journey of Gospel Partnership
  • 2010.01.04: My Continental Complaint and Their Excellent Response
  • 2010.01.04: While You Were Celebrating
  • 2010.01.02: Upcoming Sunday Preaching (or what used to be "Saturday is for Seminars")
  • 2010.01.01: Biggest Changes in Chrisitanity in the Last Decade
  • 2009.12.31: Top Ten Theology Stories
  • 2009.12.29: How Protestant Pastors Spend Their Time
  • 2009.12.28: Gallup on the Decreasing Numbers of Self-Identified Christians in America
  • 2009.12.28: Preaching Magazine Interview (Pt. 3)
  • 2009.12.24: Merry Christmas
  • 2009.12.22: Preaching Magazine Interview (Pt. 2)
  • 2009.12.22: Preaching Magazine Interview (Pt. 1)
  • 2009.12.21: Barna's End of Year Review
  • 2009.12.17: Holy Ghost Housecleaning
  • 2009.12.15: Top Religion Stories
  • 2009.12.15: Christmas Video Humor
  • 2009.12.14: Protestant Pastors and Islam
  • 2009.12.14: re:new, part 3 -- Renewed Focus on God's Mission
  • 2009.12.12: Saturday is for Seminars-- The Anglican 1000
  • 2009.12.10: Discovering Church Planting
  • 2009.12.09: The Effects of Pornography
  • 2009.12.07: re:new, part 2 -- Creating a Community of Service
  • 2009.12.06: The Manhattan Declaration
  • 2009.12.04: Praying for Matt Chandler
  • 2009.12.03: I May Tweet Too Much, But I Wouldn't Do This
  • 2009.12.02: re:new -- New Church and a New Message Series
  • 2009.12.01: A Sanctified Sunday with the Nazarenes
  • 2009.11.30: Preaching that Sticks
  • 2009.11.27: President Obama's Opening Remarks on Religion: Where's the News Coverage?
  • 2009.11.24: My Messages at Mars Hill Church... and future messages to be posted here
  • 2009.11.24: Research on Pastors and Social Issues
  • 2009.11.22: Help Us With Church Research
  • 2009.11.20: Advent without the Conspiracy
  • 2009.11.19: Church Planting Leadership Fellowship Today
  • 2009.11.18: Love Me Some Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
  • 2009.11.17: Childhood Experience Bearing Adult Fruit
  • 2009.11.16: Gospel Definitions
  • 2009.11.13: 10 Reasons to Partner in Planting Now
  • 2009.11.12: Breakthroughs in 2009?
  • 2009.11.10: Frank Viola and From Eternity to Here
  • 2009.11.10: Cohabitation Study
  • 2009.11.08: The (Reasonably-Sized) HCSB Study Bible
  • 2009.11.07: My Top Tweets
  • 2009.11.07: Saturday is for Seminars
  • 2009.11.06: Moving to Health, Part 3
  • 2009.11.05: Book Interview: Church Still Works
  • 2009.11.03: Planting / Pastoring in Your Head or Your Community?
  • 2009.11.02: Fighting Twitter Spam
  • 2009.11.02: Saturday is for Seminars, part 2 (posted Monday!)
  • 2009.10.31: Saturday is for Seminars, part 1 (you supply the caption)
  • 2009.10.29: Pray 4 Your Block
  • 2009.10.28: Missional Leadership
  • 2009.10.27: Another Twist on Global Proclamation
  • 2009.10.27: Parenting Research
  • 2009.10.26: How to Test Your Music
  • 2009.10.24: Saturday is for Seminars in Chicago and San Diego
  • 2009.10.22: Baptists Come in 32,235 Flavors-- Part 3, BGC
  • 2009.10.21: Baptists Come in 32,235 Flavors-- Part 2, IFB
  • 2009.10.21: Baptists Come in 32,235 Flavors-- Part 1, SBC
  • 2009.10.20: Generational Perspectives on Scripture
  • 2009.10.19: Christian College Students and Social Networking
  • 2009.10.15: Ending the Worship War without a Truce
  • 2009.10.14: Why I Speak to Other Groups and How I Decide
  • 2009.10.13: Interim Leaders
  • 2009.10.12: Discerning Your Church's Call to Ministry
  • 2009.10.08: Logos Bible Software-- a Review
  • 2009.10.07: New Blog Look
  • 2009.10.06: Foreword to Faithful Preaching
  • 2009.10.05: Book Interview: Deep Church with Jim Belcher
  • 2009.10.03: Saturday is for Seminars
  • 2009.10.01: The Crossing Church: Reaching Micropolitan Contexts in the Heartland
  • 2009.09.29: Taiwan Vision Trip Recap
  • 2009.09.29: Outreach Magazine / LifeWay Research Special Report on "The 100" for 2009
  • 2009.09.27: Study: One in Five Americans Secular in Twenty Years
  • 2009.09.27: Exponential Conference & Video Fun
  • 2009.09.25: Taiwan Video 4: Mission Strategies in Taiwan
  • 2009.09.24: Five Reasons Missional Churches Don't Do Global Missions-- and How to Fix It
  • 2009.09.23: Taiwan Video 4: Ray Chang on Engaging in God's Global Mission
  • 2009.09.23: Taiwan Video 3: Knowing Taiwan
  • 2009.09.22: Taiwan Video 2: Ancestor Worship and Taiwanese Christians
  • 2009.09.22: Bluegrass and Contextualization in Taiwan
  • 2009.09.21: Taiwan Video 1: Meeting and Learning from Pastor Chen
  • 2009.09.20: Blogging the Taiwan Vision Trip: Asia
  • 2009.09.18: Matthew's Table
  • 2009.09.16: Freedom Church
  • 2009.09.15: Pretty as a Picture
  • 2009.09.15: FACT 2008: New Congregational Research
  • 2009.09.14: The NAMB Task Force
  • 2009.09.14: SBC Blogging On the Move
  • 2009.09.11: Remembering 9/11
  • 2009.09.09: The NINES: Mission, Self, and God's Mission
  • 2009.09.09: Watch and Dialogue Here about The NINES
  • 2009.09.08: Coming Tomorrow... The NINES
  • 2009.09.08: Top 100 Church Blogs
  • 2009.09.06: Sunday is for Seminars
  • 2009.09.04: Help Us Do Research to be Released at Catalyst
  • 2009.09.03: Counting People Who Attend House Churches
  • 2009.09.03: Music Review: New Artist Cassie Curtis
  • 2009.09.02: Todd Starnes Talking 'bout His New Book
  • 2009.09.01: Worship, Relevance, & Reverence
  • 2009.09.01: Live Today: Worship, Relevance, & Reverence
  • 2009.08.31: "I'm Kind of a Big Deal"
  • 2009.08.29: Saturday is for Seminars
  • 2009.08.27: A Church's Size and Its Theology
  • 2009.08.26: Meeting with Church Planting Denom Leaders
  • 2009.08.25: More on Missional Small Community Training
  • 2009.08.23: One Day Missional Small Community Training
  • 2009.08.23: Sunday is for Seminars
  • 2009.08.21: Equipping Church Planters for Success
  • 2009.08.19: The Anglican Mission in the Americas
  • 2009.08.19: Should We Really Listen to the Unchurched?
  • 2009.08.18: The Class of 2013
  • 2009.08.17: Your Input on Church Planting and Evangelism Research
  • 2009.08.15: Saturday is for Seminars: The National Outreach Convention
  • 2009.08.14: Book Interview: Movements That Change The World
  • 2009.08.13: How To Multiply Your Church
  • 2009.08.12: What Questions Are People Asking?
  • 2009.08.11: Video from My "Last Service"
  • 2009.08.10: Practical Resources for Missional Living
  • 2009.08.07: Facebook, Friends, and the Future
  • 2009.08.06: Church Auditoriums That Can Seat 5,000+
  • 2009.08.05: My Last Letter
  • 2009.08.03: Ethnic and Immigrant Ministry Research-- & Your Help
  • 2009.08.03: Book Interview: What If God Were Real?
  • 2009.08.03: Book Title Contest -- Yes It Even Includes Reward Money!
  • 2009.08.02: Connect Conferences: On the Road Talking 'bout Young Adults (Saturday is for Seminars, part deux)
  • 2009.08.01: Saturday is for Seminars
  • 2009.07.31: On the Radio Talking about the Younger Unchurched...
  • 2009.07.30: Baptist 21 Panel
  • 2009.07.29: Compelled by Love
  • 2009.07.29: Book Interview: Ten Stupid Things That Keep Churches from Growing
  • 2009.07.28: Changing Faith of African Americans
  • 2009.07.27: Spiritual Profile of Self-Identified Homosexuals
  • 2009.07.26: New Pastor: Bruce Chesser
  • 2009.07.25: Saturday is for Seminars
  • 2009.07.24: What's a Pastor to Do? The Office of Pastor
  • 2009.07.24: Heading Home from Glorieta
  • 2009.07.24: Taiwan Recap
  • 2009.07.23: Why Taiwan? Join in the Conversation
  • 2009.07.22: Who Wants Free Books?
  • 2009.07.21: Book Interview: Your Jesus is Too Safe
  • 2009.07.21: Comeback Church Videos: Part 2
  • 2009.07.19: Individualism and the Gospel
  • 2009.07.18: Saturday is for Seminars
  • 2009.07.16: Accountability Groups
  • 2009.07.16: Comeback Church Videos, part 1
  • 2009.07.14: 10 Things You Might Not Know About Megachurch Pastors
  • 2009.07.14: Message on Secret Sins
  • 2009.07.13: Presentation at ICRS
  • 2009.07.11: Saturday is for Seminars
  • 2009.07.10: Michael Jackson's Funeral and the Great Commission
  • 2009.07.08: A Tale of Two Funerals
  • 2009.07.08: Church Planting Leadership Fellowship
  • 2009.07.08: Lies We Believe
  • 2009.07.07: An Interview on the State of the Church
  • 2009.07.06: Barna on the Faith of American Latinos
  • 2009.07.04: Independence Day Videos
  • 2009.07.02: A God-Imitating Life
  • 2009.07.01: Join God's Global Mission in Taiwan
  • 2009.06.29: Panel at Advance09
  • 2009.06.28: A Little Education, A Little Advice
  • 2009.06.26: How Do You Handle the Word of God?
  • 2009.06.24: Over the Grave-- My First Music Review
  • 2009.06.23: SBC Report and Wrap
  • 2009.06.23: New SBC Data
  • 2009.06.22: Small Churches Can Thrive
  • 2009.06.20: Saturday is for Seminars (including the SBC)
  • 2009.06.19: Free Financial Freedom Resource
  • 2009.06.17: Message on Ephesians 4:17-32, Living Life
  • 2009.06.17: One Day Emphasis for Small Groups / Classes
  • 2009.06.17: Video from Advance09
  • 2009.06.16: Leadership Book Interview: Unfashionable
  • 2009.06.15: More Mega Church Research
  • 2009.06.15: Swedes & Scandanavians, the BGC, & Converge Worldwide
  • 2009.06.13: Saturday is for Seminars
  • 2009.06.11: National Congregations Study
  • 2009.06.10: Shameless Family Promotion
  • 2009.06.10: Advance 09 Audio and Photos
  • 2009.06.08: Americans Doing it Their Way
  • 2009.06.07: Coaching Networks
  • 2009.06.06: Saturday is for Seminars
  • 2009.06.05: Connector Churches
  • 2009.06.04: Daniel Ott from Southland Church in France
  • 2009.06.02: Church Expansion and Growth
  • 2009.06.02: Andy Stanley on Communication, Pt. 2b
  • 2009.05.31: Research / Demographics for Understanding and Engaging Culture
  • 2009.05.31: Interview from Marseille
  • 2009.05.28: Interviews from Two Countries
  • 2009.05.27: Lost and Found and Threads
  • 2009.05.27: Andy Stanley on Communication, Pt. 2a
  • 2009.05.26: Talking to Steve Miller (Pt. 1)
  • 2009.05.26: Live from Rome
  • 2009.05.25: 5 Questions from Kary Oberbrunner
  • 2009.05.24: Ralph Winter
  • 2009.05.22: Saturday is for Seminars
  • 2009.05.21: Discussing Salvation at USA Today
  • 2009.05.19: A Summer that Counts
  • 2009.05.18: A Red Carpet Welcome
  • 2009.05.18: The Upstream Collective: Italy and France
  • 2009.05.17: Saturday is for Seminars: Hitting the Road
  • 2009.05.14: Weathering the (Economic) Storm Podcast
  • 2009.05.14: In Atlanta Today Talking Research
  • 2009.05.12: Outreach / Lifeway Research Special Report
  • 2009.05.11: Leadership Book Interview: The Divine Commodity
  • 2009.05.10: Missional Church Planting in Louisville
  • 2009.05.09: Saturday is for Seminars
  • 2009.05.07: Integrated and Tolerant Americans
  • 2009.05.07: My Thoughts on Multi-site Church
  • 2009.05.06: 9 Marks and Multi-Site Churches
  • 2009.05.05: Jerry Rankin and I Talk about Our Forthcoming Book with UberTwitterer Tiffany Smith
  • 2009.05.05: PhD in North American Missiology
  • 2009.05.04: Moving to Health Pt 2
  • 2009.05.01: Networking for Comeback Change
  • 2009.04.29: Guest Blogging at USAToday
  • 2009.04.29: Lost and Found Presentation
  • 2009.04.28: Who are Missouri Synod Lutherans?
  • 2009.04.27: Pew on Pew Switching (and/or Leaving)
  • 2009.04.26: Saturday is for Seminars
  • 2009.04.23: Moving to Health, part 1
  • 2009.04.23: The Southern Baptist Convention: A Denomination (Continuing) in its Decline
  • 2009.04.21: Interview with Trevin Wax
  • 2009.04.21: State of the Church for Duke Divinity
  • 2009.04.20: Church Planting Bibliography
  • 2009.04.19: Going Small: Small Churches and Small Towns
  • 2009.04.17: Saturday is for Seminars
  • 2009.04.16: Views of Global Warming Among Protestant Pastors
  • 2009.04.15: Biola Magazine Interview
  • 2009.04.15: Easter: You Know, Where Jesus is the Point
  • 2009.04.14: Lost and Found Podcast
  • 2009.04.14: On the Road Again... Just Got to Get on the Road Again...
  • 2009.04.13: Church Leadership Book Interview: The Convergent Church
  • 2009.04.13: Rick Warren Clarification
  • 2009.04.12: From My Message this Morning
  • 2009.04.11: He Is Risen
  • 2009.04.09: Book Giveaway on Twitter
  • 2009.04.09: Missional Weddings?
  • 2009.04.08: Godology
  • 2009.04.06: Critical Ministries Study
  • 2009.04.06: Teaching and Seminaries
  • 2009.04.03: Going to the Movies?
  • 2009.04.02: Church Leadership Book Interview: Multi-Site Churches w/ Scott McConnell
  • 2009.03.31: Liberals, Conservatives, People
  • 2009.03.29: Economic Crisis is a Ministry Context (updated)
  • 2009.03.28: Saturday is for Seminars
  • 2009.03.25: Receptive People? (Updated)
  • 2009.03.25: Church Leadership Book Interview: TransforMissional Coaching
  • 2009.03.24: Mainline Protestants: Views of Homosexuality
  • 2009.03.23: Church Planting Info for Denoms & Networks
  • 2009.03.23: "Missional Conversation" Course Syllabus
  • 2009.03.20: Saturday is for Seminars
  • 2009.03.17: Andy Stanley on Communication (Part 5)
  • 2009.03.17: Andy Stanley on Communication (Part 4)
  • 2009.03.17: New Research on Faith and Parenting
  • 2009.03.17: Things are Changing
  • 2009.03.16: 2008 Mainline Protestant Clergy Voices Survey
  • 2009.03.15: Saturday is for Seminars (corrected)
  • 2009.03.14: Saturday is for Seminars
  • 2009.03.13: Should You Invite Your Neighbor's Children?
  • 2009.03.12: Andy Stanley on Communication (Part 3)
  • 2009.03.11: Responding to Stanley
  • 2009.03.10: Evangelicalism in the U.S.
  • 2009.03.09: Presentations from Chattanooga
  • 2009.03.09: Research on the Decline of Religion in America
  • 2009.03.09: Barna: How Many Have a Biblical Worldview?
  • 2009.03.08: Fred Winters and FBC Maryville
  • 2009.03.06: Saturday is for Seminars
  • 2009.03.06: 25 Random Things
  • 2009.03.05: Andy Stanley on Communication (Part 2)
  • 2009.03.04: Lost and Found Reviews
  • 2009.03.03: Andy Stanley on Communication (Part 1)
  • 2009.03.02: Sermon Central Article
  • 2009.02.28: Saturday is for Seminars
  • 2009.02.26: Barna: Tech & the Church Generation Gap
  • 2009.02.26: New Research on Parenting
  • 2009.02.24: Leadership Learnings eBook
  • 2009.02.24: Rethinking Discipleship
  • 2009.02.23: The Biggest Sin in Your Church
  • 2009.02.20: Saturday is for Seminars
  • 2009.02.19: Friday is for Friends: Jason Hayes and Blemished
  • 2009.02.19: The Value of Research
  • 2009.02.17: Spiritual Gifts in The Church
  • 2009.02.15: Missional Tribe Interview
  • 2009.02.14: Saturday is for Seminars
  • 2009.02.13: Friday is for Friends
  • 2009.02.09: Finding Your Way With the World
  • 2009.02.09: Can We Learn From Atheists?
  • 2009.02.08: Spring Classes At Trinity in Chicago
  • 2009.02.08: Saturday is for Seminars
  • 2009.02.06: I3 Paper: Why Europe?
  • 2009.02.05: Missional Family Tree
  • 2009.02.03: The Beauty and Brokeness of Rome
  • 2009.02.02: Deposits and Withdrawals
  • 2009.01.29: Bob Roberts "Catching Up with the Rest"
  • 2009.01.29: The Dangerous Church in 2010/2020 Notes
  • 2009.01.27: Starting a Church without Losing Your Soul
  • 2009.01.26: Baptists Need to Get Out More
  • 2009.01.23: Why Europe?
  • 2009.01.22: Jet Set Tour: Rome
  • 2009.01.21: Reaching the Most Unreached Through Europe
  • 2009.01.20: Want to Review Our New Book?
  • 2009.01.19: State of Church Planting
  • 2009.01.19: Traveling the Next Two Weeks
  • 2009.01.18: Bloggers on The Tennessean on SBC Decline
  • 2009.01.17: The SBC in The Tennessean (again)
  • 2009.01.15: Contextual Preaching
  • 2009.01.15: Converts to What?
  • 2009.01.13: Choosing My Religion
  • 2009.01.09: New Year, New Birth, New Life
  • 2009.01.08: Jet Set Vision Trip: Church Planting in Europe
  • 2009.01.08: Stewardship Research
  • 2009.01.07: Video Conversation with David Fitch
  • 2009.01.05: Stemming SBC Membership Decline
  • 2009.01.05: Church Leadership Book Interview: Alan Hirsch
  • 2009.01.04: Blog "Look Back," part 6
  • 2009.01.03: Blog "Look Back," part 5
  • 2009.01.02: Blog "Look Back," part 4
  • 2009.01.02: Blog "Look Back," part 3
  • 2009.01.01: Blog "Look Back," part 2
  • 2009.01.01: Blog "Look Back," part 1
  • 2008.12.30: Bearing False Witness
  • 2008.12.29: New Research on American Congregations
  • 2008.12.24: Some Christmas Eve Thoughts, Responding to Michael Medved, and Tonight's Message
  • 2008.12.23: Trouble in Blog Land (Updated and Fixed)
  • 2008.12.22: Cooperative Program Research and Your Opinion
  • 2008.12.19: On Sanctification (Combined w/ Friend Friday)
  • 2008.12.18: Prophetic Words from Penn
  • 2008.12.17: The Economy and Church Attendance
  • 2008.12.16: Compelled by Love Small Group Curriculum
  • 2008.12.15: Barna and the Holiday Impact
  • 2008.12.12: Pros & Cons of Social Networking (Updated!)
  • 2008.12.10: Church Planting in Europe: Post Script
  • 2008.12.08: Comeback Churches w/ the Assemblies of God
  • 2008.12.07: Our Next Church Leadership Book Interview: Kary Oberbrunner
  • 2008.12.06: Sunday in Raleigh Durham
  • 2008.12.04: Friday is for Friends & Some Random Items
  • 2008.12.04: A Response to David Allen's Critique of NAMB / LifeWay's Calvinism Research
  • 2008.12.02: Cooperation Part 4: Networks
  • 2008.12.01: Cooperation Part 3: Why Denominations Matter
  • 2008.11.25: Cooperation Part 2: SBC Cooperation?
  • 2008.11.24: Cooperation Part 1: Why it Matters
  • 2008.11.23: Wild Christmas Parties at Home and Work
  • 2008.11.20: Ending the Conflict with Al
  • 2008.11.20: Eric Geiger and Our Identity in Christ (and some free stuff about halfway through the interview!)
  • 2008.11.19: Thursday is for Geiger, a Conference, and Some Quotes from Class Today
  • 2008.11.18: Is There a Revolution?
  • 2008.11.17: At Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
  • 2008.11.14: The American Society for Church Growth
  • 2008.11.13: Conversations with Al
  • 2008.11.13: Small Church Research
  • 2008.11.12: Central and Eastern Europe Wrap Up
  • 2008.11.10: The Barnabas Factors
  • 2008.11.08: Weekend Wrap Up
  • 2008.11.07: Friday is for Friends & One (Self-Centered) Former Friend Named Al
  • 2008.11.06: Going Door-to-Door: A Look at the Numbers
  • 2008.11.05: Missional Praxis (Sent)
  • 2008.11.03: Barna, The President, and Our Mission
  • 2008.11.03: Speaking of Jesus and Justice
  • 2008.10.30: Haunted Houses and Meaningful Conversations
  • 2008.10.30: Protestant Pastors' Voting Plans
  • 2008.10.30: A Love Hate Relationship
  • 2008.10.29: Church Ldrshp Bk Interview: Brad Waggoner
  • 2008.10.28: Lost and Found
  • 2008.10.26: Visiting w/ Baptists in MO/AR (Updated Below)
  • 2008.10.23: Simply Missional in Neue
  • 2008.10.22: B&H Church Leadership Book Interviews: Thom & Sam Rainer
  • 2008.10.21: Planting Churches in Moravia w/ Steve Brown
  • 2008.10.20: When the Mission Gets Lost in the System
  • 2008.10.17: Teaching English and Telling the Gospel
  • 2008.10.16: More from Poland
  • 2008.10.16: OneApp
  • 2008.10.15: Planting Churches in Budapest and Beyond
  • 2008.10.14: Video and Vision for Europe
  • 2008.10.13: Lost and Found Powerpoint at Catalyst
  • 2008.10.12: In Europe for God's Global Mission
  • 2008.10.09: Megachurch Interview: Daryl Largis
  • 2008.10.09: Keys to Kingdom Church Planting
  • 2008.10.09: Megachurch Research - Terminology
  • 2008.10.07: We Interupt This Blog from Altanta
  • 2008.10.06: Megachurch Interview: Brady Cooper
  • 2008.10.06: Warren Bird's Megachurch Dissertation
  • 2008.10.03: Megachurch Interview: Joel Hunter
  • 2008.10.02: Who's Who in Megachurch Research
  • 2008.10.01: Megachurch Interview: Perry Noble
  • 2008.09.30: Megachurches in Outreach Magazine
  • 2008.09.30: Megachurch Interview: Kerry Shook
  • 2008.09.29: Megachurch Week at the Blog
  • 2008.09.28: Planting Presentations for Nazarene Friends
  • 2008.09.25: The Emergent/Emerging Church: A Missiological Perspective
  • 2008.09.24: New Research on Politics and the Church
  • 2008.09.23: Some Random Items...
  • 2008.09.22: Surveying Surveys
  • 2008.09.20: Sent, and the Kingdom of God
  • 2008.09.18: The Church Basement Road Show: A Review
  • 2008.09.17: Your Input on Our Upcoming Pastor Survey
  • 2008.09.16: Research on the Beliefs of SBC Pastors
  • 2008.09.14: Coaching, Mentoring, and Life Change
  • 2008.09.11: Friday is for Fun Videos
  • 2008.09.10: The Temptation of Disconnection
  • 2008.09.09: Sent Theology
  • 2008.09.07: Writing on the Wall
  • 2008.09.04: Friday is for Friends
  • 2008.09.03: Sent: a Study for the Church
  • 2008.09.02: Lost/Found in Translation?
  • 2008.08.31: We Interupt This Blog
  • 2008.08.28: Something Neue
  • 2008.08.28: Webinar Today on Fastest Growing Churches
  • 2008.08.26: Learning from Each Other-- Theologically Preoccupied and Evangelistically Fixated
  • 2008.08.24: Twitter Advice
  • 2008.08.21: Friday is for Friends
  • 2008.08.20: Inside the Yellow Box
  • 2008.08.19: Blog Tour to the Dallas Morning News
  • 2008.08.17: Evangelical Gullibility
  • 2008.08.15: More Politics from Chicago
  • 2008.08.15: Today, I'm Not Around
  • 2008.08.13: The ARDA
  • 2008.08.12: Blog Tour Rolls to Phoenix
  • 2008.08.11: Politics, Evangelicals, Obama, and Barna
  • 2008.08.09: Saturday is for (Baptist) Friends
  • 2008.08.08: Friday is for Friends
  • 2008.08.06: More Thoughts on Apostles
  • 2008.08.04: A Little Love for the Lutherans?
  • 2008.08.02: Who's Who in the SBC Blogosphere
  • 2008.07.31: Thinking about Apostles
  • 2008.07.29: Blog Tour- Part Next
  • 2008.07.29: When Good Outreach Goes Bad
  • 2008.07.28: Chicago Happenings
  • 2008.07.24: 1 Year Blogoversary
  • 2008.07.23: Evangelicals Say They Value the Church and Making a Difference
  • 2008.07.21: Monday is for Missiology: Movemental Christianity Presentation
  • 2008.07.18: World Magazine on Multi-site
  • 2008.07.17: Thinking about Ministry in Orlando
  • 2008.07.16: EdStetzer 2.0
  • 2008.07.15: My Orlando Week
  • 2008.07.13: Influencing Churches at Rev! Magazine
  • 2008.07.11: Threads & Connect Conf. (updated below)
  • 2008.07.10: Catalyst Monthly is Out
  • 2008.07.09: SBC Messengers-- Age Analysis
  • 2008.07.07: Weeping for Willow's Disciples
  • 2008.07.05: With Facebook Friends Like This...
  • 2008.07.04: On Independence Day
  • 2008.07.02: More on the Pew Forum Research
  • 2008.07.02: Founders Conference Address
  • 2008.06.30: Malphurs: Multi-Site vs. Church Planting?
  • 2008.06.30: More Multi-site Tommorrow
  • 2008.06.27: Are Evangelicals Really Universalists?
  • 2008.06.26: Sin, Culture, and Ministry
  • 2008.06.25: Help Indentify America's Fastest Growing and Largest Churches
  • 2008.06.23: Important & Challenging Research from Pew
  • 2008.06.23: Monday is for Missiology
  • 2008.06.20: Quarterlife
  • 2008.06.19: Road Trips and Teachable Moments
  • 2008.06.17: Anyday is for Friends
  • 2008.06.16: Help Design My New Book
  • 2008.06.13: SBC 08 My Analysis and Hope
  • 2008.06.12: LWR Releases Research on Homosexuality
  • 2008.06.10: SBC 2008 Tuesday
  • 2008.06.09: SBC 2008 Monday
  • 2008.06.09: SBC 2008 Sunday
  • 2008.06.05: Questions for "Questions for McChurch"
  • 2008.06.05: Blog Tour Rolls from Australia to England
  • 2008.06.04: Questions for McChurch
  • 2008.06.03: Blog Tour: Compelled by Love
  • 2008.06.03: Changing the Blog Look
  • 2008.06.02: Monday is for Missiology: Table 71
  • 2008.05.29: Friday is for Friends
  • 2008.05.28: World(view)s Apart
  • 2008.05.27: Technolochurch
  • 2008.05.25: Worship This Morning at New Life Church, Church Planting, and Portable Churches
  • 2008.05.23: Friday is for Friends
  • 2008.05.22: At Whiteboard Sessions
  • 2008.05.21: Please Pray for the Family of Steven Curtis Chapman
  • 2008.05.21: Preaching, Plagiarism, and Sermon Central
  • 2008.05.19: Contextualization, Fundamentalists, Modernists, the ABWE, and the Kingdom
  • 2008.05.15: Friday is For Friends and Photos
  • 2008.05.15: Names Removed from the Evangelical Manifesto (updated below)
  • 2008.05.13: In Michigan with the Assemblies of God
  • 2008.05.11: Off To Two Mission Boards
  • 2008.05.09: Darrell Bock and the Evangelical Manifesto
  • 2008.05.08: Friday is for Friends
  • 2008.05.08: Outreach Magazine's Resources of the Year
  • 2008.05.07: Joining the Faculty of Southeastern Seminary
  • 2008.05.06: In USAToday Talking Politics
  • 2008.05.06: Clergification
  • 2008.05.05: SBC President
  • 2008.05.05: Accountability Questions
  • 2008.05.03: Avoid any Hint...
  • 2008.05.02: Friday is for Friends
  • 2008.05.01: New Church Planting Book
  • 2008.04.28: Slow Blogging in NYC at "dwell"
  • 2008.04.28: A Year is Not a Trend: Decline and the SBC
  • 2008.04.28: In Manhattan
  • 2008.04.24: Church Planting Presentations and Research from the Exponential Conference
  • 2008.04.24: Tim Keller, Research, and Podcast
  • 2008.04.23: To my friends at the Exponential Conference:
  • 2008.04.23: Breaking News
  • 2008.04.22: New Evangelism Research
  • 2008.04.21: Best Practices Forum at the Exponential Conference
  • 2008.04.19: Sunday is for Friends
  • 2008.04.17: Exponential Conference (and a new church planting leadership community)
  • 2008.04.17: New Book from David Putman
  • 2008.04.16: It's Here-- and I Felt Compelled to Tell You
  • 2008.04.15: Ministering with the Coast Guard
  • 2008.04.15: Books/Resources on Ethnic Groups in the U.S. and Canada
  • 2008.04.14: Small Church Research
  • 2008.04.13: Historical Ruminations...
  • 2008.04.11: Friday is For Friends
  • 2008.04.09: More from the Fishing Hole
  • 2008.04.08: Why Leaders Need Revival
  • 2008.04.07: On the Frontier and Thinking About the Second Great Awakening
  • 2008.04.05: Church Architecture Research Released (Updated Below)
  • 2008.04.04: Traveling...
  • 2008.04.03: Social Networking
  • 2008.04.03: Roy Fish
  • 2008.04.03: Interesting Preaching Interview
  • 2008.04.03: Temp Help Needed at the SBC Meeting in Indy
  • 2008.04.02: Todd Hunter leaving Alpha to Launch New Ministry
  • 2008.04.01: My April Fools Day Interview
  • 2008.04.01: My Favorite April's Fools Day Posts...
  • 2008.03.31: Missional Churches in Dallas
  • 2008.03.30: Off to Dallas... maybe
  • 2008.03.28: Friday is for Friends
  • 2008.03.28: The Annual Confidence Poll
  • 2008.03.26: Ministry Toolbox, Quotes, Purpose Driven, and Comeback Churches
  • 2008.03.24: Bowling Green, Comeback Churches, and the Landmark Baptists
  • 2008.03.24: Joel Hunter, Reformed Seminary, and the Distributed Church
  • 2008.03.23: He Is Risen
  • 2008.03.20: Missional Churches and Mega Churches
  • 2008.03.19: Keller, Driscoll, and Sin in USAToday
  • 2008.03.19: Criswell Reflections
  • 2008.03.18: Off to Criswell College (updated below)
  • 2008.03.17: And One More Bit of Info from Highlands Fellowship
  • 2008.03.13: What is Sin?
  • 2008.03.13: More on Jimmie Davidson and Highland Fellowship
  • 2008.03.12: More on Rob Zinn
  • 2008.03.11: People and Places in the Southern Baptist Convention
  • 2008.03.11: Russell Moore Misses Graveyards
  • 2008.03.09: Jimmie Davidson, Highlands Fellowship, and Standout Churches
  • 2008.03.07: Road to Financial Freedom Message Series
  • 2008.03.06: Religion Research-- The ARDA
  • 2008.03.06: Homeschooling in California
  • 2008.03.04: You Provide the Caption (updated below)
  • 2008.03.03: "Friday is for Friends" (but I posted this on Monday), Updated Below
  • 2008.03.01: Essential Meetings with Very Important People
  • 2008.02.28: Oklahoma and Missional Ministry
  • 2008.02.26: Whiteboard Musings
  • 2008.02.26: Pentecostals Know How to Get Things Done
  • 2008.02.26: My Precious!
  • 2008.02.25: In Ohio at Cedarville University
  • 2008.02.22: ER Clip Illustrates Our Recent Research
  • 2008.02.21: In Orlando
  • 2008.02.20: More on Race
  • 2008.02.20: Denominations: The Growing, the Dying, and the Future
  • 2008.02.19: Rick Warren is Stalking Me... and Teaching Me
  • 2008.02.18: Race, Eric Redmond, and Ethnic Diversity in Denominations
  • 2008.02.17: The Comeback Challenge
  • 2008.02.15: Bob Roberts New Book on Church Multiplication
  • 2008.02.15: Trinity Broadcasting Network
  • 2008.02.15: Pray for Al Mohler
  • 2008.02.15: Missiology in Western Europe
  • 2008.02.13: At North Central University
  • 2008.02.12: A Week So Far...
  • 2008.02.11: Sharon Hodde on Women's Ministry
  • 2008.02.10: More on Tim Keller and Newsweek
  • 2008.02.09: Tim Keller in Newsweek
  • 2008.02.08: Friday is for Friends in Need (updated with video below)
  • 2008.02.08: Church Planting on Two Continents
  • 2008.02.06: More from Barcelona
  • 2008.02.05: Friends... and some misc. stuff
  • 2008.02.04: In Western Europe (update 1 and 2 below)
  • 2008.01.30: At Liberty University (updated)
  • 2008.01.30: Joining the Faculty of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
  • 2008.01.29: Out and About
  • 2008.01.26: A Few Miscellaneous Things...
  • 2008.01.25: Heading back from Albuquerque
  • 2008.01.22: Teaching and Learning
  • 2008.01.22: Back from Louisianna
  • 2008.01.21: Terry Mattingly on Americans and Their Vague Religion
  • 2008.01.17: CNN Clip
  • 2008.01.16: Catalyst Monthly is Out
  • 2008.01.14: Teaching in Los Angeles (Updates 1, 2, 3, and 4 below)
  • 2008.01.09: New Research on the Unchurched (see Update 1 and 2 below)
  • 2008.01.08: I Am Guessing Your Day Ended Better Than Mine (Update Below)
  • 2008.01.08: In Fort Worth Today
  • 2008.01.07: SermonCentral Article
  • 2008.01.07: Rick Warren and Tim Keller
  • 2008.01.07: Legalism
  • 2008.01.04: Friday is for Friends: Europe, Upcoming Events, Jonathan Edwards' Take on the Emerging Church, Michael Vick, and a Book Update
  • 2007.12.29: Younger Leaders and the SBC (Update 1, 2, and 3 below)
  • 2007.12.24: Theology of Christmas outlines
  • 2007.12.22: Christmas with Rick
  • 2007.12.19: Mormonism, Incarnation, and Why It Matters
  • 2007.12.18: The Theology of Christmas message series
  • 2007.12.15: LifeWay Research on Trinity Broadcasting Network
  • 2007.12.15: In Philly, Rob Burns, Real Life Church, and "Third Place" Churches
  • 2007.12.13: More on the Calvinism Research
  • 2007.12.12: I Have Been Publicly Accused of Plagarism...
  • 2007.12.11: Off to Chicago and a Report from Last Week's Meeting
  • 2007.12.11: Incarnation and Mission
  • 2007.12.10: Missions and Violence
  • 2007.12.10: Church Planting Holy Week: January 28- Feb 2
  • 2007.12.09: "Interim Teaching Pastor"
  • 2007.12.09: YWAM Shooting (Updated)
  • 2007.12.07: Columbia, CIU, Church Revitalization, and Keswickian Spirituality
  • 2007.12.05: Protestant Church-owned Publishers Assocation (PCPA)
  • 2007.12.04: Quick Update on Tadd Grandstaff
  • 2007.12.03: More Calvinism Info
  • 2007.11.30: NBC Nightly News, the "Emerging" Church, Mohler, and Grandstaff
  • 2007.11.30: Assemblies of God Fun Facts from Phoenix...
  • 2007.11.29: The Assemblies of God Church Planting Summit
  • 2007.11.27: Calvinism Conference Presentations
  • 2007.11.26: A Dichotomous Week (Update: Calvinism Research and Other Presentations at the End)
  • 2007.11.26: Calvinism and Building Bridges Conference
  • 2007.11.26: In Boone, NC
  • 2007.11.19: Missiology and Contextualization
  • 2007.11.16: Church Planting Research and Presentations
  • 2007.11.14: Church Planting in Canada
  • 2007.11.13: Meeting and Reflecting with Tom Clegg
  • 2007.11.13: Impulsados por el Amor
  • 2007.11.13: Baptists, Christians, and Canadians, Oh My...
  • 2007.11.12: Our Newest Survey Just Went Out to Over 40,000 Churches
  • 2007.11.12: Some Suggestions for Me
  • 2007.11.10: Nice Summary of the Innovation Panel
  • 2007.11.09: Friday is For Friends
  • 2007.11.08: On the Panel Tomorrow
  • 2007.11.07: In San Diego at the National Outreach Convention
  • 2007.11.07: Meanings of Missional
  • 2007.11.06: New Orleans on My Mind
  • 2007.11.04: Standing for the Gospel
  • 2007.11.02: Toward Sunday
  • 2007.11.01: With Friends at the American Society for Church Growth
  • 2007.11.01: The Church Inside Out
  • 2007.10.30: The State of Church Planting
  • 2007.10.30: New Church Planting Research
  • 2007.10.29: Missiology Research and a New Book
  • 2007.10.27: Interesting Article on Mars Hill: in Acts and in Seattle
  • 2007.10.25: Frank Page Found It Irresistible, and I could not resist adding these links...
  • 2007.10.24: Toward Sunday
  • 2007.10.24: Back Home and More Alcohol
  • 2007.10.23: "I've Fallen and I Can't Get Up"
  • 2007.10.22: In St. Louis at the Great Commission Network
  • 2007.10.20: Now That's Just Funny
  • 2007.10.19: Friday is for Friends
  • 2007.10.18: Quite a Day In Pensacola
  • 2007.10.16: Can You Share Your Opinion?
  • 2007.10.15: The Canadian Church Planting Congress
  • 2007.10.15: On the Road
  • 2007.10.12: Alcohol in Los Angeles
  • 2007.10.12: Megachurch Research 3 - Reflections from Ted Traylor
  • 2007.10.11: Preaching Podcast
  • 2007.10.11: The Fastest Growing List-- Now Updated on-line
  • 2007.10.11: In New Orleans Today Talking about Church Revitalization
  • 2007.10.10: New Leadership at the North American Mission Board
  • 2007.10.10: We Can't Spell Calvinism but We Can Debate Dialogue (Schedule)
  • 2007.10.09: Sometimes Things Just Don't Go Right...
  • 2007.10.08: The New BuildingChurchLeaders.com
  • 2007.10.03: Megachurch Research 2 - Reflections from Bob Roberts
  • 2007.10.02: Megachurch Research 1- Background and Methodology
  • 2007.10.02: Meanings of Missional Part 5
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