Literature
There is a Hunger
I have been in my church for going on four years now and since the day I got here one of my goals has been how to grow attendance and involvement. Now there have been programs and gimmicks and silly ideas and serious ideas. And we have had some great successes and some failures. Wednesday night Youth [...]
Book Review: Urgent by Joe Donahue
My friend Joe Donahue has written his first book and in order to build awareness he has allowed me to get an advanced reading of the book in order to do a review. Now I have to say that at first I was worried about doing a review for a friend but after reading the [...]
What if? Part 2
WHAT IF the early church had decided their primary responsibility was to be political, thus organizing protests against the Roman government for occupying their land? Thank You! Thank you! Thank you! One of my pet peeves this past year has been Christians whining about the government and talking about how bad Obama is and how [...]
What if? Part 1
Perry Noble blogged this the other day.. It hit home. So I thought it migh be good to look at these and give you my thoughts. Over the next few days I will cover each one in detail WHAT IF the early church had decided to simply study what Jesus said but not apply it? [...]
Uhhhh….Let me …….Pray About It.
Saw this vid on Gman’s blog There is a line in the skit that got me because I hear it so often and it drives me up the wall. It goes a little something like this Leader: ” Mr Smith we would like you to use the talents that we see in you to serve [...]
The Worship Battle
Many times I am asked my view on Worship in the church. Which style do I prefer? Why is one better than the other? so on and so forth. Honestly my position on worship will offend both sides of the traditional versus modern/ contemporary aisle. I think both have it wrong. I think worship in [...]
“Our People”
Matthew 25:14-20 tells a story of the talents a king distributed the talents and when he came back he demanded an account. Those who multiplied the talents were rewarded the one who sat on the talent and did nothing was punished. Today in the church we use this story to point to what good stewardship [...]
Deserved
What do you deserve? Our church for the last two weeks has been feeding the local high school band. The comment has been made to me that there are not enough band kids attending our church to warrant the money we are sinking into the meals. In other words because they are not our kids [...]
MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS!!!
I never have liked that phrase. It seems to me lately that I see it more and more. Unfortunately those people who seem to use it are on a self-destructive path. When they are cornered or confronted they lash out blast you with the “mindya”. As if that justifies their behavior. If you live a [...]
Way to Pray!!!
Have you ever been called on to pray publicly and had someone compliment you on your prayer afterwards? They might say that you “did a good job” “said a lovely prayer” or “that was great”. Am I the only one to find that strange? I mean you do not walk up to someone after hearing [...]
