The video below is interesting, though a little hard core for me – it both appeals and repulses. But I like this quote: All true…
This wonderful cartoon from ASBO Jesus got me thinking about the whole vision thing. As a pastor, one of the chief difficulties is inspiring volunteers…
Follow my logic: If we love God and are like him, we will adopt his general priorities (John 15:10) God loves the church and it…
Quitting Church is on sale at CBD for $2.99, get your copy! Here are some reviews: Sunday Morning, Staying Home (WSJ) Quitting Church? Yes, No,…
The articles in this series on the G12 Church model include: Part I: What abusive churches are like Part II: Our experience at MercyChurch Part…
NOTE: This post is part of a Series on the G12 Model In Part I, I discussed what I’d heard about the G12 model, and…
NOTE: This post is part of a Series on the G12 Model My wife and I spent our 6th, and best anniversary so far, in the…
In Part I, I discussed how rules and regulations are often a false faith, one based on outward observances rather than inward faith. This time,…
One theologically liberal blog I read recently listed the sins of the modern church, and I thought the list was worth discussing from an evangelical…
This series contains the following posts: The Sins of the Church I – Rules and regulations The Sins of the Church II – Creeds, doctrines,…
In a shamefully short interview (two questions?), Brian McLaren released a nice overview of how the church has historically interacted with the state, and blithely…
In her book Total Truth, Nancy Pearcey writes that churches that change are churches that decline. Well before the American Revolution, leading scholars at Harvard…
This is my first sermon, preached at my small country church. Points include: Take the log out of your own eye Let truth into your…
The great guys at XXXChurch.com ("the #1 Christian porn site") got a nice 10 minute spot on ABC Nightline.
The military dictatorship in Burma wants “Christians to be wiped out” from the predominantly Buddhist nation. The southeast Asian country also known as Myanmar is…
The Christian Science Monitor has a story on the elements of a growing church.
Well, I am tired of working in IT, and am looking forward to a new career as a Pastor in the future, that is, after…
A recent comment here suggested that the typical Evangelical family is like the one described in My Half-Year of Hell With Christian Fundamentalists. Thankfully, this…
One of the things I dream about when I pray and talk to God is building a church that really meets God’s goals for the…
One of the questions that continually haunts me is why are so many churches are nothing like the Church in Acts? Why are so many…
There are a few conservative Christian doctrines, most of which I agree with, that drive religious and non-religious liberals to hysterics. I thought to list…
It is common, especially in light of the amount of press that the liberal PCUSA is getting recently, to think of Presbyterians as liberal. Of…
Jesus Creed has a nice thread on Christian tattooing, with links to some nice xian tats. The discussion, of course, is around the passage in…
There is a heated debate going on in the evangelical church – are we diluting the gospel by linking it with political activism? I personally…