What if you were at war? What if your enemy was an evil, cunning, tyrannical liar, bent on theft, killing, and destruction? What if he never tired, day and night with his pursuit of you,…
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Tim Keller On Millennials Desire For Community [VIDEO]
Jefferson Bethke recently asked pastor and New York Times bestselling author Tim Keller, “What is the most encouraging and discouraging trait you see in the millennial generation?” Here is his response: I agree that there is…
5 Dangers Of An Emphasis On Revivalism
“We believe the church must move away from an emphasis on revivalism. Under revivalism, the key to spirituality is revival—an event where the Spirit of God catches the church up in a spiritual experience of…
3 Things The Church Is Not
Sometimes in order to best understand what something is, it’s helpful to understand what it’s not. Here are three things that the church is not: 1) The church is not something you attend. Saying that…
Fishers Of Men Or Keepers Of The Aquarium
Jesus said, “Follow me and I will make you fishers of men.” (Matt 4:19) Kermit Long said, “We’re no longer fishers of men, but keepers of the aquarium, and we spend most of our time…
Are You Helping Or Partnering With Your Church?
I want to use the following illustration to distinguish the difference between helping and partnership. Just about everyone can relate to moving from one house or apartment to another. When a person moves they try…
Three Essentials Of Organic Accountability
No one gets excited about contrived accountability. You know what I’m talking about. If you’re a guy it usually consists of three questions: Did you read your bible today? Did you masturbate? Did you look…
That’s The Church’s Job
It’s time to take some blame for the state of our world. Let’s face it. The church’s voice is marginalized and ignored when we blame gay marriage while half of us are divorced, when we…
By This Time You Ought To Be Feeding Others: Grow Up
In the book of Hebrews, the writer rebuked those he was writing to because, “by this time” they should have been feeding others, but they could barely feed themselves (Heb 5:11-6:1). These verses give legitimacy…
The Military, Church, And Addictive Teamwork And Purpose
I watched an interesting interview that Jon Stewart did with retired General Stanley McChrystal. Here are a few quotes from the interview that that struck me, and really got me thinking about the church. McChrystal:…