Church For People Who Don’t Like Church
Headed to the Atheist’s Meeting
A couple weeks ago I received an email from a guy identifying himself as a leader in a local atheist’s club. He asked if their group could attend Verve, explaining that it would be “unseemly for a group of heathen to show up unannounced.” I explained to him that heathen would fit in very well…
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How do you teach the Bible to people who don’t believe the Bible and may not be very interested in what the Bible has to say? The last couple weeks I’ve shared a few ideas, and most are especially for teaching pessimistic people. This strategy works for cynical people, and everyone else too. Stories. Stories…
Read MoreVault Alumni: Jesus Was Homeless
Bryan and Amy Stallings never intended to start a church. In 2008 they felt God lead them to offer Thanksgiving dinner for the homeless and those who live in the weekly and extended stay motels in their hometown of Branson, Missouri. Then they started delivering lunches to those same people. Today they provide 720 meals…
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One December I was writing a message on the doubts Joseph must have experienced going into the original Christmas. And I had some application about doubts we might experience. I had something about praying over and over for something, but with no answer. And how that might lead doubt to creep in. Then I realized:…
Read MoreIf It’s Weird, Just Call It Weird
There are things in the Bible that are weird. Sometimes they’re weird because it’s written from and to a culture 2,000+ years ago and the practices of the day are foreign to us. Other times it’s weird because it’s truth that is no longer accepted, no longer believed, and that truth has become foreign to…
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