Jeff's Musings

After yesterday’s post on ‘The Submerging Church’ it seems logical to delve into what I believe is the last frontier. If you are into the scientific arena, when you hear the term "last frontier" you immediately think space, specifically outer space  – our galax...

If you are a Christian web surfer or a peruser of Christian print media, you have no doubt seen or read something in regards to the "Emerging Church", hereafter referred to as EC.  The EC movement is sweeping the globe and is making serious headway into the American church culture. I ...

What’s heaven like? I Cor. 2. Heaven is like nothing you’ve ever seen! "Eye has not seen and ear has not heard all that God prepared for those who love Him." You take the best day you’ve had on this earth, the greatest thing that’s happened to you on this earth, and...

Is death just the end and there is nothing left after that? Not at all! We immediately suffer or enjoy the consequences of what we’ve chosen here on earth — for eternity. Our life here on this earth — the impression we make — isn’t how good we are or how great we look, ...

Christianity is more than just something you believe. It is a lifestyle. That lifestyle involves three things:   1. I evaluate everything. I don’t just automatically buy into the world’s system. I read an ad, I see a tv show I don’t automatically say that must be true because ...

This week I was with thirty two people from around North America for training for the PowerPlant student mission experience that will take place in 2006. PowerPlant is a pre-packaged, weeklong mission experience for students. I met some great people from all over North America. Cities represented in...

I am at NAMB getting trained for PowerPlant. I will post on Thursday about this experience....

The Bible is full of stories illustrating God’s grace.  There’s the story of the Good Samaritan who helps the guy who’s stranded on the side of the road who’s helpless and there’s no way he could repay him.  There’s no way you could possibly repay God for what He has done for y...

The Bible says there’s only one way you’re going to get into heaven. It’s a gift from God. By God’s grace. You could never earn it, you could never learn it, you could never buy it, you could never work your way into it or deserve it or get enough brownie points or credits to […]...

Click here to download audio of today’s weblog Download 1018_podcast2.mp3 How do you go about bringing change in your organization or church? There are three ways to facilitate change. The first way is to destabilize the status quo. The second is to create reasons for change to occur, and the ...