The Fish Blog
Articles, videos, podcasts, and musings from Erik.

Celebrating 10 Years of Movements
10 years ago, Jen and I endeavored to start something that, at the time, seemed like a novel concept - grow a movement more than a ministry. Starting on...

Talking about the Bible Without Being an A-hole
The Bible is a creative and powerful book. Why do people often apply it so wrongly? Here are 10 “commands” for understanding the Bible a little better.

Submission: Three reasons why husbands should never expect their wives to obey them.
I was taught for years that the Bible teaches wives to obey their husbands because husbands are the “head” of the household. This comes from a verse in...

Hitting your sweet spot
One of the greatest tests to find out whether people truly love what they do is whether or not they’d do it without being paid.” (Cooke, 97)
So, what do you love to do?

Spanish Discipleship Books! Discipulado de Bolsillo is here!
Pocket Disciple, a guide for creating Spanish discipleship movements, is now available! Pocket Disciple is a simple and effective tool for following up new believers. Use it to create a multiplying movement of Jesus followers in your city!

She said, “What you prayed for me was scary accurate.”
The house is full of young people from USC. The atmosphere is energetic with laughter, connecting, and spiritual discussions over a meal. After dinner, my...

So, this happened last night in England
So this happened last night in England. I was eating a burger in a restaurant in Birmingham, UK with a friend from Budapest. I was just relaxing. Ready to...

When You Know Too Much About Jesus (and why our evangelism sucks)
Some of us know a lot about Jesus. But we have been “cursed” with an inability to talk about him with others in meaningful ways. Here’s a simple way to get back to effectiveness in evangelism.
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