John Stott’s Way: Mentoring as Discipleship
Reading Roger Steer’s biography of John Stott, I jotted down at the front, “Stott in general had excellent mentoring.” Fortunately for us, he in turn mentored others. Steer’s book, Basic Christian: The...
View ArticleJohn Stott’s Celibacy
Occasionally over the years I’ve heard people question John Stott’s sexual identity, since he never married. That the question would even be raised says more about current culture than about Stott....
View ArticleFour Essentials of Good Leadership
Every nation, every organization, and every church needs effective leaders. Because so much hinges on the quality and performance of leaders, “leadership” has emerged as a major area of study. Key...
View Article5 Biblical Ecological Insights for Church Planting
Church planting assumes an ecological process. The very term is organic, not mechanical or architectural. If we’re talking about the body of Christ, not an institution or edifice, we don’t build the...
View ArticleChristians Who Sided with Native Americans
Henry Benjamin Whipple (1822-1901) was the first Episcopal bishop of Minnesota. He left a remarkable 576-page autobiography, Lights and Shadows of a Long Episcopate (Macmillan, 1902), which offers...
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