Chaos Theory (4)

Last time we said that it’s not our responsibility to cause growth in the lives of messy people, all we can do is create the right conditions that allow growth to happen. God causes growth in people (in people who are open to His work). Our role is to simply to create conditions that are…

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Chaos Theory (3)

The last few days I’ve been talking about how to create a church that unchurched non-Christians want to come to and stay at. And I said we have to be grace wholesalers. But most churches and Christians won’t. Why? Yesterday I said one reason is because people are messy and we’re afraid to dive into…

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Chaos Theory (2)

Yesterday I started a little series on chaos theory… So one time I was standing in the lobby after a Sunday morning church service when a couple I had never seen before walked up. I said, “Hey! Is this your first time here?” They both smiled and she said, “Yes.” He immediately chimed in, “We…

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Chaos Theory

To be a church that un-churched, non-Christian people want to come to, you have to be grace wholesalers. You love people where they’re at. You love them no matter what. Unfortunately, most churches and most Christians don’t act like grace wholesalers. Why? One of the reasons is because of chaos. What I mean is that…

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Response to an Atheist Friend (5)

Recently we had 28 people from an atheist group visit our church, then I went to their atheist meeting. One of the guys has written a first draft of a book about atheism. He was trying to get other members of his group to read it and give him feedback, but they weren’t, so I…

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