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…
Church… Ministry in Context: What I Don’t Mean 23 May 201324 May 2013 In many ways the church I served in last year and the place that God has brought our family to now could not be more different. Revolution was a place…
Church Our Church Has Sinners 18 Sep 201219 Sep 2012 You're preaching to the choir if you think that this is a ridiculous statement to make. After all, who thinks that their church isn't full of sinners? I doubt anyone…
Church… Already Engaged: Churches Can’t Avoid Culture 4 Sep 20125 Sep 2012 Churches are either engaging culture effectively or ineffectively, but they are always engaging. It is a myth to think that a church can be above cultural engagement, free from it,…
Books… Actually Practical: A Review of “Center Church” by Tim Keller 3 Sep 20124 Sep 2012 Lots of books claim to be practical, Tim Keller's Center Church actually is. Keller points out that there are two kinds of books on the church. There are theological books…
Church Same Theology, Different Vision 28 Aug 201229 Aug 2012 The church is a fissiparous organization. I love her, but there is no doubt in my mind that churches can be divisive and critical of each other. Sometimes, of course, criticism…
Asides… The Biggest Threat to the Church 22 Aug 2012 I loved this clip from Mark Driscoll's sermon. He asserts that the biggest threat to the church is not "out there" but it's "in here". The biggest threat to the…
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