What will you do today? The answer to the question is the stuff of poems. I found at least seven different versions in a quick web search–and did not find the particular poem I was looking for. What will I do today? Here is the answer I would like to give every day, along with …
Monthly Archives: June 2011
Daily Devotionals: A Reminder
The time is always right to develop good habits. Earlier this year, I began publishing a daily devotional guide that will guides a person through the New Testament in one year. The guide is unique in that it provides readings for only five days each week, allowing a person two days each week to catch …
It’s Sunday Again: Sunday Morning Habits
It is amazing–changes in one’s life do not change one’s habits–at least not very rapidly, perhaps never. I have arisen early on Sunday for most of my life. As a youth, I was able to sleep in a little on Saturday (but not very long–there were always jobs to be done), but Sunday never! Mother …
Christian Leadership: Ad-ministration
Dwight D. Eisenhower said, “Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because they want to do it.” He was right on several counts. Leadership is an art. Leaders facilitate the work or action of others. Leaders should be visionaries who are able to see things that need to …
NLB of Oklahoma
This morning I will finish recording another DVD series for the New Life Behavior Network of Oklahoma. This study series is especially important and promising–it is a “Seeker Bible Study Series” for those who have questions about how to respond to God. The series treats basic Bible subjects–God, Jesus, Bible, sin, repentance, grace, faith, baptism, …
Planting Mission Churches: Understanding the Process
Christians can rejoice in the increasing emphasis on planting or establishing new churches, especially in mission areas. New churches generally grow more rapidly than older churches; they are more open to new members and that openness makes them attractive to seekers. New churches also have a greater potential to escape traditions that tend to anchor …
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