These announcements come on the heels of the announcement by pastor and author John Piper that he is taking a leave of absence for nine months from both writing and his church responsibilities. ( Christianity Today profiled Chan in October.) He will fulfill some speaking commitments over the next few months, but expects by the end of the year to be doing some kind of urban ministry. Chan continues to have two books in the top 12 of the ECPA bestseller list and two in the top 9 of the CBA chart. Earlier this year, Leadership Journal named Belcher's first book, Deep Church, "the best of the best" for a "Leader's Outer Life." It also won a Christianity Today book award in the church/pastoral leadership category.īelcher's announcement follows days after that of Francis Chan, who has also decided to resign from the California congregation he planted, Simi Valley's Cornerstone Church. Based on the teaching in James 3:13–18, do you feel these people are speaking God’s wisdom into your life? This is not an invitation to pride, criticism, or a divisive spirit on your part-just a way to check your regular input with the descriptions of heavenly wisdom we learned today.Jim Belcher announced on Sunday May 2 that he has decided to leave the church he planted, Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Newport Beach, California, to write his next book. Name the 5 to 8 opinion leaders in your life-people in church, school, work, the media, etc.-whose ideas you regularly pay attention to. If they have passed, then thank God for them, and find some way to commemorate their effect on your life.Įvaluation: Do this with a kind, humble heart. If the person is still living, thank them by telling them what they have taught you. Honor: Do something to honor a person whose wisdom you have been blessed by.
Study: Do a computer (or concordance) word search through the Bible for “wisdom” and/or “wise.” Pick ten verses from different books (not all from Proverbs!) and study them. Or at least create some mnemonic way to remember the eight qualities that Jesus describes there. Memorization: Learn the Beatitudes from Matthew 5:3–10.
As Francis Chan suggested in the video, “Say, ‘God, I’ve been pursuing success, I’ve been pursuing riches, I’ve been pursuing knowledge but I see in Scripture now wisdom is what you value and it should be what I value…Give me the wisdom I need to navigate through this life in a way that honors you.’” Prayer: James 1:5 invites us to ask God for wisdom. The book of James emphasizes the active side of our faith, so let’s consider several ways we might put its teaching into practice.
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