DWJD Instead of WWJD

Recently I had a conversation with a friend that revolved around the popular acrostic WWJD, which stands for “What Would Jesus Do?” Of course, Charles Sheldon’s book titled In His Steps, popularized WWJD and it sparked a youth movement in recent years. Sheldon encourages Christians to think before they act by asking themselves, “What Would [...]

Globalization and Christianity

 
This week has been an unprecedented week in Washington, D.C. as the Big 3 U.S. automakers appeared before Congress with their hats in hand to try to get a hand out from the government. Who would have thought 40 years ago that this could happen? We have seen the U.S. auto makers rise to the [...]

Simple Christianity

 
I have spent 2½ years praying, developing, studying, applying, and writing Simple Discipleship because I was long convinced that churches do not major on nor do they have a process to make disciples. Many churches make disciples by happenstance instead of on purpose through a process. I just read the report on spiritual growth commissioned by the [...]

TO BE OR NOT TO BE—“MISSIONAL”

When Hurricane Katrina hit the U.S. gulf coast there was the usual outpouring of hands-on help and money from people from all over the country, but no one provided more assistance than Christians and their churches. I had the opportunity to help at a disaster relief feeding unit in Mississippi. I witnessed and prayed for [...]