Todd Engstrom

Author: Todd Engstrom

  • Choosing Who to Mentor | Touchpoint

    The more I read David Watson’s Blog, the more I am enjoying his insights.  He has some excellent words in a post about who to choose and mentorship/discipleship, and what he looks for before investing in someone. His six points of evaluation are below: Christ-like Christ-centered Character Capability Competency Capacity Chemistry Read how he expands…

  • Preparing Young Men to be Husbands | Pure Church

    This was a great thought from Voddie Baucham’s book What Must He Be…If He Wants to Marry My Daughter on preparing young men for marriage (via Pure Church). Imagine a family who did not prepare their children for college. This would be unthinkable in today’s world. Everyone prepares their child for an academic future. Day-care programs…

  • Deep Thoughts from Graeme Goldsworthy

    This may be the single most awesome paragraph I have read in a long while from a sheer depth of thought. So, the long and the short of it all is that somehow the biblical theologian and the dogmatic theologian are both confronted with the same unavoidable “chicken and egg” dilemma of the question of…

  • The Ontological and Systematic Roots of Biblical Theology

    As our small group has been studying through Systematic Theology together (this is round 3 of me teaching), some new thoughts have arisen as I consider doctrines.  One that was particularly interesting was the result of teaching revelation, and having a very significant thought that related to this quote, which captures the challenging portion of…

  • Renewing Cities Through Missional Tribes | Q Ideas

    I just read this quote from a Q short by Jon Tyson. Though they may feel like it, these people are not alone. This loss of community has in some ways become our collective experience of American life. This relational disconnection was first identified and popularized in the year 2000 in Robert Putnam’s work Bowling…

  • 10 Ways to Pastor Adoptive Parents | Desiring God

    Below is the beginning to an excellent post by Jason Kovacs on pastoring adoptive parents. There are many ways that you can express your pastoral care for those considering adoption and those who have adopted already. As an adoptive father and former pastor, I offer a few thoughts on how to help adoption become a…

  • Get in the Fight

    This post contains a link to one of the most convicting sermons I have heard Matt Carter preach, and it is a clarion call for the consumer church to engage in the mission of God. It’s called “Get in the Fight”, and it is an exhortation for the individual believer to use their spiritual gifts…

  • Coffee Kills

    Ever wondered how much caffeine it would take to kill you? You can find out here. Below are my results:

  • Scriptural Election: The Third Way

    I found this article as I was preparing for my teaching on the doctrines of salvation, and particularly on election.  The quote below is very insightful Thesis 23: We must affirm that God creates what he elects rather than that he selects out of what exists. Israel is called into existence. Election is tied to…

  • Touchpoint » Blog Archive » An Encouraging Mega Church View

    A great viewpoint from David Watson on mega church involvement in church planting movements. From my perspective as a champion for rapidly multiplying small church planting, I do see a need for and appreciate mega churches. Mega churches could be the nexus for information, training, networking/connecting, strategy, and resourcing of all kinds, including human, vocational,…

  • When Planning Fails Churches

    This quote from an article in Church Solutions Magazine adds some fuel to the fire from our conversations as a staff and implementing our strategy as a church. The statistics tell the unfortunate truth. Eighty-seven percent of American churches have either plauteaued or are declining in attendance. We can and should innovate until we are…

  • What motivates you to mission? | shawblog

    My friend and colleague has written some fantastic thoughts on ministry to Muslims, which have broad applications for motivations for ministry.  Below is the concluding quip from a great post: Passion for obedience to the basic commands of Jesus in response to His love for you. The 2 greatest commands of Jesus are very clear…