The Point of the Spear. The place of change. Leadership and the market loves change…
Category: Ramblings related to church stuff.
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The Failed Promise of Relevance.
Another article floating around the internet, being shared ad-nausea by everyone tired for old ways…
Hillsong’s Naked Cowboy Fiasco, and the leadership quandary.
The internet, a least the internet that cares about such things, blew up last week…
Life Lessons
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Why it doesn’t matter if Bryan Huston and T.D. Jakes do or don’t support gay marriage.
The blogsphere is alive and well friends. Full of decent journalism, no. But alive and…
You don’t preach the Word of God, and neither do I.
“We just preach the Word of God.” “I just preach the Word, and let the…
Ramblings related to church stuff.
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The Truth about why Christians don’t invite their friends to your church.
Every pastor that I know wants this church to grow. Every pastor that I know…
Why people are leaving urban churches in Africa.
A friend asked me why people leave churches in Africa. My 14 years in Africa…
Joseph was not a total idiot, and other Christmas myths debunked
There is something wrong with the traditional Christmas narrative. Joseph is too much of an…
Jesus and the Naughty List
My 4 year old was worried about the naughty list. Her, shall we say, “impulse…
Character of God
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Leaders Fail before they fall
Three scriptures where Christian leaders fail to follow before they fall. 1. Let your gentleness…
Why I’m not a follower of Jesus. And I won’t call myself that anymore.
I am not a follower of Jesus. I am a disciple of Jesus. And it’s…
Why there are no biblical Super Heroes.
I love super heroes. I start reading comics books in 1985 in 6th grade. My…
3 questions to ask after a potential donor says “no.”
My dad’s life growing up was one I didn’t want. At least not the part…
What’s really wrong with modern worship.
Recently, a number of articles have gone around, speaking of the decline of “worship” and…
Jesus’s $7.2 million wedding gift. Or the overkill miracles.
Overkill Generosity Today on the way to our place of worship, my son Riley had…
Don Miller is right but I still disagree about church.
In 2003, I read “Blue Like Jazz,” the book that has become somewhat of a…
Why singing isn’t worship, or why demon possessed people don’t sing worship.
I’m fighting a losing battle, I know. About singing and semantics and worship. But just…