Paul Madson

Institutional Winter is for the Birds!

admin — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 16:13:51 +0000

One of the men that influenced me and was (what I call) a “mentor from a distance” was Dr. Joseph C. Aldrich, former president of Multnomah School of the Bible (now Multnomah University and Multnomah Biblical Seminary). He served as president of Multnomah from 1978 to 1997, when he had to step down due to...

Read the Rest...

William Carey’s 11 Commandments of Missions

admin — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 03:30:49 +0000

I love history and I love biography. The more I read these genres, the more I realize how much we can (and should) learn from those that have gone before us. We live in a day and age in which we “worship at the feet of modernity.” When asked to describe what is “the heresy of modernity,”...

Read the Rest...

Do you remember what was happening in your life in 1975?

admin — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 17:29:55 +0000

This week, I’m honored to share with you the ministry work of GTN staff member, as well as long time friend and brother in Christ, Dan Smythe. Dan has been on staff with GTN for 5 years now, and I regularly hear dozens of exciting, life-transforming stories from him about the fruit God is bringing...

Read the Rest...

Consumer Christianity: Moving from Man-Centered Living to God-Centered Abandon (Part 2)

admin — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 03:55:23 +0000

“When Christ calls a man, He bids him come and die. The cross is laid on every Christian. It begins with the call to abandon the attachments of this world. It is that dying of the old man which is the result of his encounter with Christ.” (Dietrich Bonhoeffer) “More missionaries have been martyred for...

Read the Rest...

Consumer Christianity: Moving from Man-Centered Living to God-Centered Abandon

admin — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 02:36:04 +0000

It’s been over four months since my last blog post. Why? In a nutshell: GTN has been in the middle of the single most significant growth in our eight years. By God’s grace, we’ve added 24 new staff in the last 9 months – going from 40 staff to over 60. Along with managing the...

Read the Rest...

The Great Omission

admin — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 17:24:40 +0000

This last month has been incredibly busy, filled with many exciting ministry developments throughout Global Training Network. Because of that, it’s been awhile since I have shared an update on my blog. I did want to give you a brief update from the Desiring God National Pastors Conference in Minneapolis, MN that took place this past...

Read the Rest...

The Day I Almost Quit

admin — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 21:31:59 +0000

It was the Spring of 1993. The church that God had led my wife, Lisa, and I to plant back in the Fall of 1990, was two and a half years old. Lisa and I were up in the mountains of northern Arizona for a few days of much needed R & R. Where...

Read the Rest...

Does the Word “Evangelical” Mean Anything Anymore?

admin — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 00:28:22 +0000

As I mentioned a few weeks ago, I’ll be returning soon to my series on “What I Wish (as a Pastor) that I had Known, Understood, Believed and Lived 30 years ago.” I’ll be sharing “Lesson 8” (out of 12). My summer has been far busier than anticipated due (by God’s grace) to continued ministry...

Read the Rest...

Lessons Learned from 15 Years of Awkward Ministry and Occasional, Providential Brilliance

admin — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 00:10:33 +0000

Next week, I’ll return to my series on “What I Wish (as a Pastor) that I had Known, Understood, Believed and Lived 30 years ago.” I’ll be sharing “Lesson 8” (out of 12). Next week’s lesson is entitled: “Are You Determined or Stubborn?” I’ll be talking about the difference between “Spirit-motivated determination” and “flesh-driven...

Read the Rest...

Living a Grace-oriented Life

admin — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 22:58:56 +0000

I just returned from a powerful and refreshing weekend spent with our GTN staff, who traveled from all across the country to attend our annual staff retreat. The transformative work of God’s Spirit was so evident in the stories that were shared. God is truly doing some amazing things around the world in and through...

Read the Rest...