Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Wednesday's Catch: "Great Churches Aren’t Perfect Churches" and More


Great Churches Aren’t Perfect Churches

If successfully leading a local church was easy, nearly anyone could do it. There would be no need to develop yourself to lead better. Read More

The Trauma of Holiness

As we read the works of nineteenth-century atheists, we find that they were not particularly concerned to prove that God does not exist. These atheists tacitly assumed God’s nonexistence. Instead, they said that after the Enlightenment, now that we know there is no God, how can we account for the almost universal presence of religion? If God doesn’t exist and human religion is not a response to the existence of God, why is it that man seems to be incurably homo religiosus—that man in all of his cultures seems to be incurably religious? If there’s no God, why is there religion? Read More

Five Ways To Read More This Year

One of the primary ways we can better serve those we lead is through the habit of reading. Read More

Post Seminary Reading Plan: Church History

One of the secrets to being a competent church historian is – to state the obvious – knowing what makes a competent historian in general. So I always recommend that those interested in the subject also read more widely in the discipline to keep their minds sharp. Read More

How Belief in Regenerate Church Membership Should Impact Preaching

“Wesley, if six weeks in one place, would preach myself and the people dead.” Read More

How to Better Use Video in Your Church

In my previous post, I discussed why your church should be utilizing video more in 2018. I also promised that I would write about some ways we are seeing churches successfully use video. Here are six such ways.... Read More

Why Kids Should NOT Sit Still at Church

More and more evidence is proving that kids are more attentive and learn better when they are allowed to move. Read More
Adults are also more attentive and learn better when they are allowed to move.
No, I Don’t Want to 'Shut Down an Atheist in 15 Seconds Flat!'

We need to stop celebrating the Christian shut-down expert. Jesus gave us a better way. Read More

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