How does an organization move from unhealthy to healthy? Well, it is not simply something we can “will” into existence. Instead, it is a process.

It’s never pretty when the church crawls in bed with politics. EVER! I’m writing this because there has seemingly been an outpouring of pastors declaring to the people in their church who they should vote for. It’s sad…but I believe that there would be way more celebration in many mainline churches if Mitt Romney won the election than there would be if one sinner repented of their sins the following Sunday!

There are many Christians that get off into extremes of legalism, liberalism, emotionalism and stoicism. Start your quest for the radical middle.

The point of the Sabbath is a dress rehearsal for a future eternity of glad rest in God. So, for now, every one of us can work out the details personally. But in our frantic modern world, the Sabbath offers wisdom that has lasted since the beginning (Genesis 2:2-3). It is not written on our calendars as much as we are built into its calendar. It seems to be part of the God-created rhythm for weekly human flourishing.

We all know that the dark ages are upon us again here in Africa. It is almost like a dark blanket that is slowly surrounding the land. People who know absolutely nothing of the core values of evangelical Christianity—the new birth, repentance and saving faith, justification and holiness, etc.—have hijacked evangelical Christianity in Africa. Even the term "born again" is being peddled without an iota of the meaning that Jesus had in mind when he used the phrase in his talk with Nicodemus. These are dark days indeed.

Following a string of recent developments that suggest waning Protestant power – like the first Supreme Court with no Protestant justices, and a Protestant-free Republican presidential ticket – a new Pew survey finds that Protestants are no longer the majority in the United States. The Protestant population has declined from 53% of the U.S. population in 2007 to 48% this year, according to the survey by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, released Tuesday.

As I prepare to launch out and plant a brand new church, I share my thoughts as I attempt to answer the question, why church plant?

Here is a step-by-step recipe I have seen work successfully over and over again throughout the course of my life. I share this dangerous recipe today so that when you identify these poisonous ingredients in your life, you will know what you may be inadvertently stirring up.

I have been asked to share about the role of the Chinese church within the global Body of Christ, and so I share my experiences as an evangelist who has served the Lord for more than 20 years in China. I’d like to share from I Corinthians 12:26: “If one member suffers, all suffer together. If one member is honored, all rejoice together;” and from Galatians 6:2: “Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.” I will be addressing three 30-year periods: 1949-1978; 1979-2008; and 2009 to the present.

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