Warning: The World is Watching How We Christians Treat One Another
“If Christians cannot extend grace through faithful presence within the body of believers, they will not be able to extend grace to those outside.” ~ James Davison Hunter Recently, someone asked me the following question. “Frank, if I had to summarize your ministry, it would be that Jesus is more than we ever imagined and [Read More...]
10 Ways to Be a Jerk Online
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People If you’re past the age of Mosaics and Busters, you might want to make sure you’re sitting down. In fact, you may want to hold on to your chair real tight. I’m using a style of language here that some may not understand and misinterpret. I’m doing it [Read More...]
9 Lies the Media Likes to Tell About Evangelical Christians
I realize that “the media” is not a monolith. So I’m using the word generally here. However, I keep seeing the following narrative played out in scores of interviews, commentaries, and pundit discussions across the TV news networks, magazines, and the Internet. So while there are certainly exceptions, I’ve identified nine common lies perpetuated by [Read More...]
The Most Ignored Sin
The following is an article written by Jon Zens about a sin that many Christians ignore or excuse until it’s committed against them. – Bob Mumford once said, “The Christian army is the only one that shoots its wounded.” Regrettably, I have observed his statement to be all too true. As long as I’ve been [Read More...]
The Top Christian Blogs
What follows is a listing of the Best Christian Blogs according to various blog ranking systems and high-profile bloggers. The Top 10 Christian Blogs (BlogRank) The Top 100 Christian Blogs (Till He Comes) 10 of the Best Christian Blogs You Should Be Reading (Of Dust and Kings) The Top 10 Blogs That Will Have You [Read More...]
Rick Warren’s Horrific Tragedy & The Sickening Response of Some “Christians”
Now is a good time to go back and re-read Warning: The World is Watching How We Christians Treat One Another. Why do so many people not want to have anything to do with Jesus? It’s because of the cruel, harsh, self-righteous, and judgmental attitude that some professing “Christians” level against their fellow believers. “Why would [Read More...]
Bono on Jesus
Bono by Michka Assayas is a fascinating book, especially for U2 fans. From the Amazon page: “Bono’s career is unlike any other in rock history. As the lead singer of U2, Bono has sold 130 million albums, won fourteen Grammys, and played numerous sold-out world tours, but he has also lobbied and worked with world [Read More...]
Don’t Believe Everything You Hear or Read
Several years ago, Michael Hyatt (former CEO of Thomas Nelson) responded to a rumor on his blog. In the post, Michael wrote, “According to the most recent rumor—which I’ve now heard twice—we [Thomas Nelson] are planning a layoff for June 19th … We are scheduled to close the transaction on June 12th, so, supposedly, this [Read More...]
John Lennon on Jesus: The Untold Story
John Lennon, founding member of The Beatles, was one of the most controversial people in America during the 60s and 70s. And he still is today. Not too long ago, a fascinating interview with Lennon from 1969 has resurfaced. The interview was lost for around 30 years and only recently emerged. No doubt, many of [Read More...]
Alice Cooper on Jesus
After I wrote Bono on Jesus (which went viral) then John Lennon on Jesus: The Untold Story, one of my readers said, “When are you going to write about Alice Cooper?” So here it is. I will own that I had no idea that Cooper converted to Christ until I read the above comment. And [Read More...]
3 Shocking Quotes by Billy Graham
With respect to fellow servants of God who have ministered previous to me, I try to find the best in them rather than criticizing those areas in which I might disagree. With respect to Billy Graham, many positive things can be said about him. But there are three little-known quotes of his (that for me [Read More...]
A Response to John MacArthur’s STRANGE FIRE
My response to John MacArthur’s new book Strange Fire and his old book Charismatic Chaos has just released. The cover design was created by Ryan J. Rhoades of ReformationDesigns.com. The response is an eBook. Table of Contents 1. Why I’m Making This Critique Available 2. Broken Fellowship Over a Peripheral Doctrine 3. Commending & Criticizing MacArthur’s [Read More...]
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I Need Your Review of THE DANIEL PLAN by Tomorrow
If you are new to the blog, read this post: The Daniel Plan: A Collective Review I need your reviews tomorrow. 1. Email the review to TheDanielPlan @ aol.com 2. Make sure it’s no more than 500 words. 3. Include the url of your blog or website. Reviews will be posted this month. Buy the [Read More...]
Giving No Thought to Christ
“There have been some who were so preoccupied with spreading Christianity that they never gave a thought to Christ.” ~ C.S. Lewis I wish I knew about this quote when I wrote Jesus Manifesto with Len Sweet. It sums up our entire argument. Alas, better late than never. By the way, there are only 7 [Read More...]
Warning: Christian Community Doesn’t Work Without This
Registration for my online discipleship course LIVING BY THE INDWELLING LIFE OF CHRIST just opened. It will be open until March 15th. Click here to learn how to register. I don’t care what form in which it comes . . . be it organic church, simple church, house church, para-church organizations, or traditional churches that [Read More...]
Reminder About “The Daniel Plan” Collective Review – Deadline & Promote Your Blog
A reminder that we will be reviewing The Daniel Plan this month on this blog. I will need your review by Sunday, March 9th. Send me a review of the book (include your experience with using the principles, if you want) to TheDanielPlan @ aol.com Make sure your review is no more than 500 words. [Read More...]
75% Off Your Favorite Scholar or Theologian’s Works
If you haven’t gotten Logos Bible Software, you should. Click here to get a 15% discount on it. Now . . . Logos has a unique arrangement. Hundreds of their individual titles will be on sale, but chosen by users based on authors. Last year’s champion was D. A. Carson. The year prior, N. T. [Read More...]
Putting God in a Box
Have you ever heard someone make this statement? “You’re putting God in a box!” I’ve watched it used in two ways. One is legitimate, the other is a deflection from a spiritual truth. The legitimate use of it usually occurs when someone ignores what the Bible says about the Holy Spirit’s ministry, or they try [Read More...]
My Interview with Don Atkin
I met Don Atkin several years ago in Charlotte, North Carolina. He graciously invited me to speak at one of his annual events. Since then, I’ve become good friends with a number of the people whom he has mentored. And they speak very highly of Don and the influence he’s had on their lives. Don [Read More...]
Gadget of the Week: Episode #8
Last weekend, I gave my dad an early Father’s Day gift. He bought an HD TV last year . . . this Samsung. But it’s not a smart TV, so he can’t get Netflix on it. So I bought him the Samsung BD-F5700 Wi-Fi Blue-Ray DVD player which has wi-fi built in. I also got him [Read More...]
The Message Most Needed, But the One Few Want to Hear
As I shared on Monday, I’ve finally gotten around to answering your blog survey questions from last year. A question from the survey was, “Can you give some advice on equipping church planters?” Another was, “When you discern that God has called you to ministry, what advice do you have with respect to that calling?” [Read More...]
Giving Away 3 Books I’ve Reviewed to 3 People . . .
Not long ago, I reviewed the following three books on this blog. The Seeker King (signed by the author) – this is about Elvis’ spiritual journey Death By Living Let Hope In Patheos is giving away a copy of each book to 1 person. Qualifications: 1. you must have a USA shipping address. (They told [Read More...]
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