Local Predicament: A Case Study (2)

A week ago I started to write about the importance of understanding your local predicament in developing clarity about your church’s vision and effective methods to accomplish it.  Too often pastors have a way they want to do church and they’re going to do it, regardless of where God has put them.  They don’t study…

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Local Predicament: A Case Study

From 1995 – 1997 I worked at a church in a suburb twenty miles west of Washington D.C.  Most everyone worked in the city, and the commute took over an hour.  Our church offered small groups and some people participated, but it was difficult for most.  People were consumed with their jobs.  And even if…

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Preconceived

Rene Laennec is the guy who invented the stethoscope. (I knew you’d been wondering.) He is famous for exhorting doctors to, “Listen, listen, listen to your patient! He is giving you the diagnosis.” Sounds stupid, doesn’t it? It’s a “duh” moment. “Really?! You don’t say. If I’m a doctor and want to know what’s wrong…

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$5 A Day?!

I’m a big fan of The Black Keys. Love their music, love the insane fact that they create it with only two band members. Like most bands, it took The Black Keys awhile to hit it big. The guys from the band recently appeared on the TV show No Reservations and talked about how for…

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