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Tod Bolsinger on Barna’s Revolution

Tod Bolsinger, author of It Takes a Church, reacts to Barna’s Revolution: Mr. Barna, Thank you for you work over the years.  I for one, am a better pastor and leader because

Dear emergents

I like most of this letter: I’m a boomer but I really like emergents. Really.  Most of the responses to my columns are from emergents and of course all of my students

Eugene Rivers and the Boston Strategy

A good article on the message of Eugene Rivers: The strong crime-fighting medicine prescribed by the preacher from Boston has been most bitter for black Toronto, if the grumbling in some quarters about

A night in Thistletown

A few years ago, I sat beside Ken Davis, pastor of Thistletown Baptist in Toronto, and whispered to him, “I love you, but you’re still wrong.” Ken laughed. It was a strange

I should not preach more often

The last time New Year’s Day fell on a Sunday, it was an off day. I preached to less than ten people that morning. To make it worse, a delegate from the