countering culture with the TRUTH of GOD's word
An old friend of mine shared this video on Facebook this morning and well...I watched it...and well...you should too! https://www.facebook.com/watch?v=1254149258461703 To summarize, this boy was over the moon, ugly crying, happy about a birthday cake that he received from his adoptive parents for his birthday. Apparently something he had never had before. You and I, [...]
Church "metrics" are an interesting topic. Everyone has their idea of what are good metrics to keep an eye on to gauge success and health. In America, one of the biggest "success" and "health" metrics (despite what we are willing to admit to) is size. The size of churches service attendance... The size of churches [...]
Today on social media, I saw a post with the following photograph attached. NOTE: the post said that this was as true today as it was when it was written. Here's the photograph: Now, no offense intended here, however I'm being honest...the list in this photograph is more or less useless. It doesn't have anything [...]
I am just going to come right out and say it...the Church needs to stop using the word "laity" (or "lay-leader" or "lay-person", etc.) AND the word "clergy". I'll give my reasons why shortly (and what the Bible says about leaders), but first...a little word lesson... "Laity" means = "uneducated" or "not belonging to the [...]
Over the years a common phrase I've heard in the institutional church is "This is our DNA". This usually refers to how a local church body does things, or the specific practices they...well...practice. Many times this "DNA" isn't so much about the DNA of Christ, but is more about the DNA of the senior pastor, [...]