Assessing the Lakeland critics
I got a number of emails this morning asking me what I thought of the Lakeland revival. One had a Youtube link showing Todd Bentley ministering to a ...
Parenting
Gary Black: We need to let children feel pain to grow
To help our children grow, we have to let them feel pain. I interviewed Gary Black, discussing one of our favorite themes - how to raise radical kids...
World Race
Offer to any twenty-something yearning for community
I'm putting an offer out there to any twenty-something who's ever dreamed of giving up on their own independence and moving to live in community with ...
Vulnerability and me
When your spirit awakens
After Karen went to sleep a few nights ago, I kept on watching Sleepless In Seattle. We’d started it at about 10:20 and I figured going into it th...
Listening prayer
How can I get close to the heart of God?
Get a Free eBook: Do you want to grow closer to God in your prayer times? I've written a free guide called The Three Day Listening Prayer Devotiona...
Portraits of Disciplers
Andrew Shearman: When I hit bottom
Yesterday I began a series of interviews with Andrew Shearman. For some strange reason, it helps us to know that those we look up to have struggl...
42nd Generation
Shearman: What does "Die or be killed" mean?"
Andrew Shearman, Gary Black and I flew to Dallas a few weeks ago to meet. Ostensibly we were talking about our dream of raising up a generation ...
Fathering & Men's issues
How to father a daughter to greatness
There is greatness in our young people. They have enough ideas and energy to change the world. Gary Black, and I are always talking about this. We m...
Is being "slain in the Spirit" biblical?
A couple of days ago I wrote a blog entitled A skeptic visits the Lakeland revival. Justin asked a great question and Melinda responded. It's a pr...
Vulnerability and me
Giving a generation its inheritance
OK, better to go ahead and admit it. I'm officially over-the-hill as of today. Yup, I hit the Big 5-0 (cue the scary music in the background). So whil...
