At 98 years young, my good friend Buff Scott, Jr. is still active producing his weekly Reformation Rumblings newsletters and campaigning for true reform. Below is an excerpt from a recent newsletter. You can get on his mailing list by emailing him at renewal@mindspring.com. Nowhere in the New Covenant Scriptures do we find an example of […]

The System or The Ecosystem is a new book by author Michael H. Peters. It contains great words of wisdom, seasoned with over forty years of practical experience, presented in concise, easy-to-digest segments. I highly recommend this book. It’s free to download or you can request to receive a free hard copy. You can check […]

My good friend Brittany Cline and her husband Carl manage San Antonio Jiu-Jitsu Academy. Occasionally Brittany will post on social media the workouts, training sessions, and competitions. It’s always fun to watch, especially seeing the kids grapple with one another. I imagine before you sign up to become a Jui-Jitsu disciple, you would count the […]

I recently found a website that has 40 years of content and everything is free. Seems pretty awesome. jesuslifetogether.com/With-You-Now BibleStoriesOnline.com SystemOrEcosystem.com Have you ever thought about the fact that the nature of the Church is that if I don’t love and have a relationship with Jesus, then I don’t have a basis of existing in […]

I was excited to have my niece visit us from New York. Of course, she came to see her favorite aunt and uncle, but she also wanted to experience a few relational gatherings here in the Phoenix area. While sharing her testimony, the group noticed it was more of a gentle nudge from the Holy […]

The House Church Life by Bill Wagner can best be described using his own words. “These pages capture the kinds of conversations we had, the lessons we learned, and the values that quietly shaped our community – discipleship, accountability, responsibility, restraint, worship, love, and life lived in the presence of others.” The excerpt below is […]

The excerpt below is from A Meal With Jesus by Tim Chester. Hospitality involves welcoming, creating space, listening, paying attention, and providing. Meals slow things down. Some of us don’t like that. We like to get things done. But meals force you to be people oriented instead of task oriented. Sharing a meal is not […]

This excerpt is from a small book entitled The One Thing: Christ in You The Hope of Glory by Milt Rodriguez. Singular vision is important. In the Song of Songs, it talks about having dove’s eyes. A dove has peculiar eyes; a dove can only focus on one thing at a time. And doves, by […]

Excellent textbook on the early church. Rediscovering The New Testament Church by Anthony Jacomb-Hood is a 300 page work with ample footnotes and appendices. Not for the casual reader, this is an in-depth work. The excerpt below is about leadership in the New Testament church. The most profound teachings about leadership in the New Testament […]

Great thoughts from Leland Yialelis. Christianity is the only one of the world’s great religions where the primary focus is forming communities where every person is an agent of loving kindness. Christianity’s primary focus is the “one another.” Christianity was designed to be a religion without rituals, a religion without sacred places, sacred spaces, a […]

The first half of You Are The Church by Steve Lorch covers the fundamentals of how to study the Bible. The second half explores fellowship, communion, prayer, evangelism, baptism and church leadership. The excerpt below focuses on fellowship. This book is an easy read and highly recommended. There is perhaps no greater statement regarding Christian […]

I recently spent some time with David Dyer, author of a book I really enjoyed entitled Let My People Go! You can read an excerpt here. David also completed The Father’s Life, a translation of the New Testament. You can obtain a copy at no cost by requesting it at www.agrainofwheat.com. (From David Dyer) This […]