Matthew | February 3, 2012
A lot of my friends will be heading to Henderson, Tennessee soon. The famous Freed-Hardeman Lectureships will be starting next week. This was a yearly event for me during my time in Waynesboro. It was always a highlight of the year for two reasons. It was a week off from graduate classes and an opportunity [...]
Matthew | February 1, 2012
I have been reading a lot of leadership material for my last class at Harding’s School of Theology. I am taking a class called “Spiritual Leadership” with Dr. Huffard. This is hard to believe that it is going to be the last class for this program, but do not worry there is still plenty of [...]
Matthew | January 30, 2012
Leadership has been on my mind recently. Probably because I am reading a ton of books for a class at Harding’s School of Theology. It seems that the church has struggled with leadership development for some time. This weakness is seen through various roles within a congregation. Of course ministers will point to weak leadership [...]
Matthew | January 27, 2012
I have not updated the blog list on the side of this site for some time now. Some of the links are old, and need to update anyway. But I have been thinking about updating it with some new blogs. There are some guys that are doing some good work in this area and I [...]
Matthew | January 25, 2012
There is nothing fancy about this book on preaching. But this does not mean it is not an excellent text on preaching. As the book notes, it is serious about preaching the text, but realizes the need to bridge the times to create a relevant message for the church today. It provides a good model [...]
Matthew | January 24, 2012
My friend Greg Tidwell posted this quote from Martin Luther. It reads “They do not believe they are God’s words. For if they believed they were God’s words, . . . they would tremble before them as before God himself .” This is a powerful quote, but one that is not believed by some. Maybe you [...]
Matthew | January 23, 2012
Down the road there is this house with the best light display in the town. It is amazing, lights everywhere. The house is the first stop in the Christmas lights tour for the children. The house is requested by the kids. The display is beautiful to look at and surely the owners of the house [...]
Matthew | January 19, 2012
For my readers that are preachers, do you remember those days in school, and especially in undergraduate school in which the teacher would make you quote one of these strange works. The professor would always require to quotations from to scholarly journals. You were probably a better student than me, so maybe you read the [...]
Matthew | January 18, 2012
I continue to stay informed concerning the missional dialogue in Christian culture. This is one of the newer books that has been produced with a missional agenda. It was written by Michael Frost who is at the forefront of this conversation. What is interesting about this work is that it is a defense of the [...]
Matthew | January 17, 2012
Often a minister will turn to John Maxwell for his first information on leadership. These books are full of helpful suggestions on leading an organization. The rules or principles are simple, and are motivational. But with time these books become too simplistic for a complex organization like a church. One realizes that a “character or [...]
