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Back to the gospel is the only way forward

My latest column at Christian Week: This summer I read Iain Murray’s two-volume biography of Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, a Welsh preacher who lived from 1899-1981. It caused me to reflect on the

My primary identity

I didn’t preach yesterday and didn’t have to be at Richview, so I decided to go to Grace Toronto, a church pastored by my friend Dan MacDonald. I’ve wanted to

Bill Easum on the emerging church

Bill Easum begins a “blogologue” with the emerging church: The Key issue I have with the Emergent movement is this – Is the message of the Gospel actual reality and eternally true, or is

Leadership tensions

Earlier this year I sat in a room with Ed Stetzer and a group of pastors. We had Ed for the day, and we could ask him about pretty much anything. When my

Vastly different images of leadership

One of the reasons I liked Transforming Power (mentioned yesterday) is because it really makes you think about what leadership is. You have to, because the images and stories of leadership are so