Don’t Pray About This.

I recently had a conversation with a friend who was praying to see if God wanted them to start a church in their city. My immediate response? God’s answer is…

3 Ways to Break the Veneer: A Book Review

Veneer – manufactured product, with a covering that hides the real material inside. Inflates the perceived value of the product by hiding inferior substance underneath. Veneer: Living Deeply In A Surface Society is an enjoyable read that seeks to expose the surface-level lives that many in today’s culture seem to be living in, and then […]

Book Review: Stories That Feed Your Soul by Tony Campolo

In short, I was underwhelmed by Stories That Feed Your Soul by Tony Campolo. The last Tony Campolo book I read was Letters to a Young Evangelical, which was a great, thought provoking book that really made me take a hard look at what Jesus would do (or what Paul would write) in today’s society. […]

The Day My Theology Died

I just read this blog from Dennis Gable, and I’d like to re-post it here. Dennis just graduated from the G42 Leadership Academy and is now moving to Arizona to begin his dream, a cafe and creative center. //Dave

Upon arriving in Spain, I quickly learned that if I did not kill my theology, it would kill me.

We are told by the words of Jesus that until we are willing to lose our lives, we will never actually be alive…

The Cost of Not Going…

I gave a challenge to the men this past week during our weekly G42 “Man-Time.” We often talk about being dangerous men, ready for risk, ready to “Go.” We also hear weekly from men & women who have already gone, and we hear stories of people like Sunitha, an Indian woman who has planted 42 churches in the past 5 years, sleeping on nothing more than a mat on dirt floors, being stoned, yet still going back and bringing the Message of Christ where it has never been before.

So why don’t we go?

His Love – A Blog from Cheryl P.

Here’s another blog from an intern here at the G42 Leadership Academy. Cheryl’s only been here about a month, but she’s getting it! She is jumping into her dreams while she is here, you can read more about them at http://cherylpenner.wordpress.com. The topic of the past week has been “What’s God’s Point?” 1) God has […]

So What Happens Here at G42?

Here’s another blog I’d like to highlight from one of our interns. It gives a great synopsis of what is going on here at the Leadership Academy. I have to say, we break the mold and any expectations that most people have of this place! Shanda Dodd is one of our “second termers” here in […]

In Mijas, Spain, Dreaming of a Better World

Seth Barnes, director of Adventures in Missions, is a gifted writer as well as a strategic thinker. He’s spent the last four days here in Spain, working with me on the 2010 plan for the G42 Leadership Academy, sharing with the interns some of his experience with building ministries, and been an all-around encouragement to […]

“The Reality” – G42 Leadership Academy Intern blog

I know, I haven’t blogged in about a million years. But I was spurred to at least re-post this blog by Nicholas Hindes, an intern at the Leadership Academy that is due to graduate this month. Nicholas is just one of the interns who have had their life dramatically changed–wrecked–by the amazing and inspirational teaching […]