in China, Gospel, Missions, Preaching
Consistent Passion
Last week our journeys took us to a vibrant outpost of God’s kingdom in Piqua, Ohio. Since it was sanctity of life Sunday, the pastor focused his teaching on that topic. A few minutes into...
Phil Martin
in Gospel
Real Life Begins At The Cross
Last Sunday Phil and I attended Covenant Life Church in Gaithersburg, MD. During the worship service my heart asked an unexpected question. The lyrics were from a song called, “Death Was Arrested” by North Point InsideOut. Our...
in China
Northeast China Population
Did a little research on good’ole Wikipedia. Here is what I found about the population of Northeast China, also known as Dongbei （东北） Although it is only 8% of China’s total population, there are still...
in Missions
What is Church Planting?
The central goal of the great commission is making disciples out of non believers. This puts us all in a tricky position. Making disciples involves bringing dead hearts to life, a work that the Holy Spirit rightly maintains a...
in Missions Quote
Marketing the Gospel
“The marketing model, if followed, empties the truth out of the gospel. First, the needs consumers have are needs they identify for themselves. The needs sinners have are needs God identifies for us, and the...
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Why Raise Support?
This is not a complete defense of raising support. That would require going to scripture and expounding multiple passages. However, I do want to address a common objection to becoming a missionary. People are repulsed...
in Gospel, Missions, Preaching
Gospel Centeredness
As I’ve been traveling in churches I’ve noticed a rift that separates churches. It is not that churches disagree on whether or not they need to change to continue being gospel outposts in a changing...
in China, Missions
Two Types of Risk
Have you ever heard of the Grizzly Man? There was a documentary with that title released in 2005 following the life and tragic death of bear enthusiast and advocate Timothy Treadwell. As I was reading about...
in China, Missions
Titus and Timothy
The pastoral epistles have something to say about church planting. Well, they have a lot to say since Paul instructs Titus and Timothy how to establish and lead churches in Crete and Ephesus. Interestingly, there...