The Burden of the Church (1 of 4)

One thing I’ve noticed in the pastor blogging world is that most rave about how much they love their church, how much they love pastoring, how it’s the greatest thing in the world.That is not the case for me. I don’t always love my church, I don’t always love pastoring, and I think there are…

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For You Communicators…

“People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” – Maya Angelou

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Sin in Sin City

Author Scott McKnight recently had an article in Relevant Magazine: “Why Doesn’t Anybody Talk About Sin?”  In it, he writes:      To many, sin has fallen into grace. What does that mean? When we talk about God’s grace, we are assuming the reality of sin—that we are sinners and that God has forgiven us. But…

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A Praying Murderer… A Praying Prostitute…

My friend is reading “Bonhoeffer” by Eric Metaxas and sent me this quote from Deitrich Bonhoeffer wrote after attending a church in Paris: “On Sunday afternoon I attended an extremely festive high mass in Sacre Coeur.  The people in the church were almost exclusively from Montmartre; prostitutes and their men went to mass, submitted to…

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Influences

When I teach church planting seminars or coach planters I sometimes talk about intentionally choosing your influences. Obviously if the Bible speaks on a topic, we should follow the Bible. But what about when it doesn’t? I think one of the (many) reasons churches reach church goers (rather than people who don’t like church) is…

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