Monday, September 25, 2017

Joe McKeever and Pete Scazzero on Discipleship


Why a Lot of Professing Christians Never Attend Church

When you don’t want to do something, you shouldn’t have to have an excuse.

If you do not want to go to church, for instance, if you can skip church for a whole year and never miss it, you should “man up” and admit, “I’m not a Christian and don’t believe all that Bible stuff. Church is for people who take the Lord seriously. Not me. So, I don’t go.”

Hmm. That felt ‘mean,’ didn’t it? But it’s dead on accurate.

Please read on. Read More

Why Do Some Christians Make Such Lousy Human Beings?

A number of years ago, a friend who had quit attending church asked me privately, “Why is it that so many Christians make such lousy human beings?” In other words, why are so many of us judgmental, defensive, unapproachable and touchy?

A large part of the reason is a faulty, compartmentalized understanding of what it means to follow Jesus. Read More

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