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Woe to those who make unjust laws; to those who issue oppressive decrees.  -Isaiah 10:1 "Systemic Racism"  Just utter the phra...

"If you live in a ghetto the size of New York City, you may not know it."  I heard those words 15 years ago from a pastor talkin...

Hopefully, it will surprise no one reading these words to discover that I'm a Baptist.  I was brought to a Baptist church for the firs...

Human beings are, at one and the same time, created in God's image and likeness, and separated from God because of their sin.  And the...

Jesus' incarnation is the model He calls His church to follow.  "As the Father has sent me, so also do I send you." (John 20...

"We want to reach our community!"  In 23 years of ministry, I've never served or consulted with a single congregation that d...

Last October, I wrote the following piece in reaction to several legal developments that threatened religious freedom.  Recent debate over...

Over the past 10 years I've had the honor of assessing, training, and speaking into the lives of hundreds of church planters here in t...

Leadership is, by default, a "team sport."  If you have no one to lead, how can you be a leader?  But having a group to lead doe...

Western Christianity never looks more lavish, or less like Jesus, than when its leaders are embroiled in scandal.  This past weeks events ...

One of the most annoying experiences of ministry often comes, interestingly enough, after I've preached a message. It's that momen...

For more information on these principles, check out my book "Side-Stepping Landmines." The following is an introduction to t...