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Connect Conferences

Posted by Michael K. | Filed under Ministry

[vodpod id=Groupvideo.3171196&w=425&h=350&fv=] more about “Connect Conferences“, posted with vodpod This fall I’m going to be participating in leading a series of conferences called Connect. These unique gatherings provide a focused discussion about reaching and keeping young adults. Our hope is to provide an intimate opportunity for key leaders to: * learn more about young adults [...]

Walking at Collegiate Week

Posted by Michael K. | Filed under Ministry

Right now, I have the honor of speaking at National Collegiate Week, and I’m sitting in North Carolina with about 400 college students and workers. The theme of the week is “Permeate,” and I am tasked with expanding that theme from the word of God. The particular direction we wanted to go with the theme [...]

Sermon Video: Friends with Money

Posted by Michael K. | Filed under Ministry

In case you’re interested, here’s the video from the sermon I preached on Sunday at Friendship Community Church. Great people, and I had a great time. The talk is based on a chapter in The Tough Sayings of Jesus II. I tried to wear a cool shirt and some jeans with some carefully placed holes. [...]

Rocky Mountain High

Posted by Michael K. | Filed under Ministry

The family and I are leaving today for Winter Park, Colorado, where I am speaking at an Adventure Weekend for Green Acres Baptist Church. We couldn’t be more excited. Our kids have never seen the Rockies, and it’s gonna be a blast. I’ll be preaching through The Tough Sayings of Jesus, including passages where Jesus [...]

Find Your Voice

Posted by Michael K. | Filed under Ministry

Saw this great post from History in the Making: I’ll shoot straight. I’ve been visiting lots of churches over the past two years. And it seems like we’ve got the leadership thing down. We’re “mean about vision;” we’ve “chosen to cheat;” and we’ve learned how to quarantine the pastor from criticism like he’s Vladimir Putin. [...]

The Church is a String Around Its Own Finger

Posted by Michael K. | Filed under Ministry

We are forgetful. Whether it’s a set of keys, an appointment, or, umm…, the occasional child, sometimes we forget things. And our forgetfulness is a great hindrance to our faith. God seems very concerned to me about that forgetfulness. He doesn’t want us to forget; He wants us to remember. In fact, in a very [...]

Our Full Potential

Posted by Michael K. | Filed under Ministry

Some would argue that the pastor is supposed to help people reach their potential. And while there’s an element that’s true of that, that a pastor can help people chase the dreams God has put in their heart, there’s another side to the coin. That side is explained in this short blog from Jared Wilson, [...]

Is the Seeker-Sensitive Movement Dead?

Posted by Michael K. | Filed under Church, Ministry

Last week I wrote about Starbucks, Dunkin Donuts, and the church. In follow-up to that post, here’s one about the changing dynamics of church. There has been a church growth strategy called the “seeker-movement.” The idea has been that we can use the church service to basically introduce people to spirituality without demanding too much [...]

What You Say and How You Go

Posted by Michael K. | Filed under Bible Study, Ministry

My friend Andy made this genius point as we were looking at Luke 10 the other night. In that passage, Jesus was sending out the 70 (or 72, depending on which version you’re reading from) as representatives of the kingdom of God. Here’s the message He gave them to proclaim: 1. “The kingdom of God [...]

Threads – Who We Are

Posted by Michael K. | Filed under Ministry, Videos

I work for Threads, a division of Lifeway Christian Resources. Our team, along with our super cool friends at Haven Productions put together this little video to tell folks what we believe in and who we are.

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