The Purpose of Purpose and the Mission of Mission in Our Lives
Most everyone has dreams about what they want to accomplish. In the perfect sense these aspirations are what get us up each day and keep us pushing forward. The fact one wants to be a really good kindergarten teacher sustains that person through what is sometimes the drudgeries of the required education. The fact someone…
Did Christians Lie About the Martyrdom Accounts of the Apostles?
In my recent book The Fate of The Apostles, I discuss the historical evidence that the apostles of Jesus were all willing to suffer and die for their belief that they had seen the risen Jesus. Yet as soon as this argument is made, a common objection is: “But Christians wrote the martyrdom accounts? How…
On Discovering Your Vocation: One Leader’s Story
My brother and I grew up as pastor’s kids. As is often the case with PKs, I became rather numb to the well-intended question from church members, “So, are you going to be a minister, like your father?” I am thankful that my parents understood what the scripture passage in Proverbs 22:6, “train up a…