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Q & A Friday: Is there a profile for a church planter?
Hey Mark. I was looking for some advice on church planting. I feel a strong call to plant a church in my city. I was just wondering how do I know if I am called and gifted to start and lead a church? This is a delicate question for two reasons. First, because I don’t…
Read MoreQ & A Friday: Why does my husband lack sex-drive?
I get lots of questions sent to me from many amazing people around Canada – and even from around the world. Everything from general advice about marriage and life choices to leadership, church planting and theology. Today begins a new segment on this blog, which is that I am going to answer one of these…
Read MoreHow serving makes us like Jesus
People generally want resurrection without cross. People want to see a great movement of God without personal sacrifice. But that’s not the way it works. When you study revivals and renewal movements throughout history, they have great healings, miracles and social reform, but they are also coupled with great suffering. And one thing that often…
Read MoreOf Porn and Prostitutes – an excerpt from Radical Sex
3,000 people have downloaded the Radical Sex book since its release at the end of December 2015. Here is in excerpt from Chapter 3 – Of Porn and Prostitutes. In their book Superfreakonomics, Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago, Steven D. Levitt, and journalist Stephen J. Dubner examine prostitution and point out the…
Read MoreInspired by Walt Disney himself – kind of.
I was sitting in a submarine – the Nautilus – submerged under water. Pitch black. Pale blue light. 20 people crammed in and staring out a small round window at sea life, underwater mines and Nemo. Wait. What? Sorry – I forgot. It was a Disneyland ride. The captain of the submarine came over the…
Read More2016: Cut or Perish!
One of the hardest things for any writer is having to cut. But it is one of the most important. (Read that again because I am going to say that it’s true about life in general). I am presently preparing a manuscript to be turned into a publisher. In order to get it ready it…
Read MoreThe Uniqueness of the Christian Answer – Pain & Suffering (Part 3)
2015 was a year of a number of tragedies both globally and personally (I lost people I love dearly, and people I know suffered tragedy). How do we understand the meaning of these events, if there is meaning to them? This is part 3 of a few reflections on the question of pain and suffering…
Read MoreWhat about Evolution? – Pain & Suffering (Part 2)
2015 was a year of a number of tragedies both personally (I lost people I love dearly, and people I know suffered tragedy) and globally. How do we understand the meaning of these events, if there is meaning to them? This is part 1 of a few reflections on the question of pain and suffering…
Read MoreDoes Pain & Suffering Point to God?
2015 was a year of a number of tragedies both personally (I lost people I love dearly, and people I know suffered tragedy) and globally. How do we understand the meaning of these events, if there is meaning to them? This is part 1 of a few reflections on the question of pain and suffering…
Read MoreSex Like Rabbits, or Maybe not – a sneak peak at Radical Sex
This is a sneak peak from my free ebook Radical Sex which releases in just a few days! It is a small selection from chapter 1 – The Condom Incident. …. Now before we explore what that looks like, we need to pause and acknowledge that this sex-as-bad theology has all kinds of modern expressions…
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