Recognizing and Combatting Shallowness (Don’t Waste Your Life)

I’m spiritually shallow. It’s true.
The Lord has been revealing this to me in a variety of ways in recent days, including my own sermon preparation and devotional life, sermons I’ve heard (including an excellent treatment of the book of Jonah by missionary appointee Tim Bixby), and books I’ve been reading (particularly John Piper’s Don’t Waste [...]

Dan’s Reply to “My Brother, My Hero”

Dan intended to post this as a comment in response to this post, but it is so challenging that I chose to highlight it by making it its own post.

Thanks, Chris. Your article was very encouraging.
When we were teens at The WILDS of the Rockies, I committed my life to serving God in [...]

My Brother, My Hero

My brother Dan (pictured with the trophy bull which he bagged this year in Colorado) heads back to Brazil soon following his furlough, and I’m as proud of him as a brother could be. Why?
Dan’s ministry has been uniquely blessed of God. He is returning for his third term (or, as it sometimes seems, “tour [...]

“Lord, send my children into your service.”

Mike Goldfuss, one of my dear friends and a faithful missionary to Mexico City, recently responded to the discussion on how to best keep missions before your church. His entire comment is worth reading—in fact, the entire thread is invaluable, I think, containing thoughts from missionary Stephen King (Germany), Dan Anderson (Brazil), Don Johnson [...]

What I’m Reading: The Bible Basis of Missions

Most pastors have some old books that they’ve picked up second-hand, often from older pastors or friends, and have carried around from college to home to church office. You know the kind: the books with other people’s names in the front that sit on your shelves year after year, but which you’ve never read [...]

Borrowing Brains: How Do You Keep Missions Before Your Church?

I’m enjoying preaching on Matthew 28:18-20, and the Lord is using the study to revolutionize my thinking about the Great Commission and the part I must play in it. I’m praying that the Lord will work at TCBC in this way, as well, making us passionate about our participation in various facets of carrying [...]

What I’m Reading: For the Sake of His Name

I’ve intended to get to For the Sake of His Name for quite some time. The fact that I’m preaching on Matthew 28:18-20 this weekend has finally given me the push I need. For the sake of time, I skipped the first two chapters on the history of the Student Volunteer Movement by [...]