Matthew | May 31, 2011
Most people struggle in raising well-adjusted Christian boys. The Morine family is no different. Since my wife and I have both a boy and a girl, we decided to read both Bringing Up Boys and Bringing Up Girls. Even though it makes for extra reading, Bringing Up Boys has been a huge blessing. This book [...]
Matthew | May 27, 2011
So I have been studying about Post-Liberal Theology of the “Yale Tradition.” This can also be called “Cultural-Linguistic Theology” as opposed to Neo-Orthodox Theology. One of the major players in this line of thinking is Hans Frei. This line of thinking is interesting to me because of the role of language in shaping discipleship. The words [...]
Matthew | May 26, 2011
Wow, I look forward to the summer so much in Colorado. Mostly because of the wonderful sunny days, but this is just half of it. It is the opportunity to climb mountains against. There are 56 fourteeners in Colorado and it is my goal to climb all of them. I am on number 22 now. [...]
Matthew | May 25, 2011
Here is how to preach the parables badly. Recently, I have been working on a series of the parables of Luke. This is part of a join series with Collin Packer. We are reading and studying the same material, but developing our own lessons for the congregations that we preach for. This has been a [...]
Matthew | May 24, 2011
I believe ministers struggling with this problem. A preacher can look out into the congregation and over the eldership and point out all the needed changes “If he was king.” This is wrong, that is wrong, they are not doing this, or that, and it needs to happen this way. It is the attitude of [...]
Matthew | May 23, 2011
This is an autobiography for Eugene Peterson. He is a famous minister and author, with his most well known book “The Message” which is his translation of the Bible. I have always enjoyed reading autobiographies of preachers because their stories are often my stories. The feelings that they have and the struggles they deal with [...]
Matthew | May 19, 2011
I am a little concerned about how we been teaching our people to be spiritual. Not that we have been doing that bad of job, but I just want to think out loud a little. Your churches are probably doing camps, spiritual retreats, taking the teens on a youth rally or something a long those [...]
Matthew | May 18, 2011
It seems like everyday I hear a war story that is happening in the churches of Christ. The last one was about a preacher that went to do a Gospel Meeting in when he arrived home there was a meeting in the congregation to have him fired. One of the strikes against him was that he [...]
Matthew | May 17, 2011
Expectations run through most churches on a deep level. Everyone has them, spoken or unspoken, and the way that churches handle expectations will bring health or conflict to the congregation. Members have these expectations of the leaders (elders) and the ministers and the members. These high expectations can lead to frustration. It always happens, in [...]
Matthew | May 16, 2011
This past Friday I attended a teaching session by Wayne Roberts. He teaching preaching at the Bear Valley School of Preaching. It was an excellent time together with other members and fellow preachers. He had some excellent stuff to say. As I was listening to him, the class was talking about some of the basics, [...]
