Church… Every Church Needs A Research & Development Department 17 Dec 2015 The church with a kingdom-focused and sanctified imagination will be more equipped for both internal discipleship and external mission. Such a church will possess a kingdom-focused and sanctified imagination that…
Church How We Disagree Matters 12 Mar 201512 Mar 2015 There's a reason that Paul tells the church to "strive" for unity (Phil. 1:27), because its hard. Unity does not happen naturally, even in the church. It takes striving, it…
Church Is Your Church Safe for Those Struggling with a Same-Sex Attraction? 4 Mar 20154 Mar 2015 It is very likely that your church has someone in regular attendance who struggles with a same-sex attraction.While the prevalence of those who self-identify as gay and/or lesbian in general is…
Church… On Being A Teaching Church 25 Nov 2014 Without mentors I would have become a horrific pastor, I know it. When I first made the decision to go into pastoral ministry I was already out in left-field. I…
Church The Church Needs Your Voice Even If It Doesn’t Adopt Your Soapbox 1 Oct 2014 There are too many things to care about. The things that God has said the church should be burdened for are numerous. There's the obvious things we all know we…
Church… Interpreting the Scriptures as Part of the Church 12 Aug 2014 One of the great deficiencies of the Protestant church is its overreaction to abuses in the historic Catholic Church. While we fully recognize the importance of the priesthood of all…
Church… Your Problems Belong To Your Church 1 May 2014 Struggling alone is disastrous to your soul. Those who struggle alone have no support structures, no encouragement, no one to help carry the load. Isolation is particularly disastrous when you…
Church… Failures in Church Planting 10 Apr 2014 Beginning a blog with a disclaimer about lack of expertise is a sure-fire way to suggest that basically everything that follows is utterly useless. It basically means "I have no…
Church… Ministry in Context: Why There is No One-Size-Fits-All Ministry (Part 2) 13 Jun 2013 What kind of ministry do you have? Are you traditional or progressive? Are you a multi-site, a mega-church, a house-church, or an online church? Are you Emergent, neo-monastic, seeker sensitive,…
Church… Ministry in Context: Why there is no One-Size-Fits-All Ministry (Part 1) 6 Jun 2013 Ministering in rural southern Ohio and ministering in the Detroit metro are very different. They do, of course, have many things in common. It would surprise many to know that…
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