Here's an interesting article on preaching from long-time pastor and author Leighton Ford. He brings together disparate reflections and stories, including a fascinating exchange between Billy Graham and theologian Helmut Thielicke. Thielicke's book A Little Exercise for Young Theologians was important for me in my own spiritual journey.Ford's main points are derived from the following …
Alan Hirsch in Christianity Today
Alan Hirsch, who I was able to spend time around at Exponential 08, was recently interviewed by Christianity Today. You can read the article online here.This ties in with the ongoing discussion of small group ministry, discipleship, and more. Key questions that I have are:how can a church birthed from an attractional model move toward …
Discipleship in the Church Today
A friend of mine, Brian Hofmeister, is writing on his blog about discipleship in the church today. Brian is a small groups pastor in Albany, NY, and was at the Exponential 08 conference that I attended last week.Read his comments here.
Relate to … your friends
This past Sunday at Brooklife, I preached a message in our "RELATE" series entitled "Relate to ... your friends." You can listen to the message here.Also, here are two particularly helpful resources that I found when preparing this message that I wanted to pass along to anyone who was interested:Reclaiming Friendship: Relating to Each Other …
Dispatches from Exponential 08, day 3.3
A few thoughts from David Putman, a pastor at Mountain Lake Church and a church planter himself. A lot of his thoughts were drawn from his recent book Breaking the Discipleship Code. You can interact with him at his blog here.His thoughts were oriented around three questions:What is a follower of Jesus?How do people become …
Matthew Erickson 