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A good list by Carmen C. Dicello.
If Jesus were walking our streets [post]. . .
He would be more critical of those who are theologically on target than those who are not.
He would attend celebrations and drinking parties.
He would possibly provide the beer.
He would drink with the rest of us.
He would spent [...]
I was reading the nakedpastor’s blog post about vision and I agree with him. Vision is so promoted in churches as the way to bring life and “purpose” to the congregation. Proverbs 29:18 “Without a vision, the people perish.” is stated to give biblical support for this corporate/business idea. David Hayward points out that the [...]
my true self blogger jennifer created this video. This video and her blog reveals a lot of pain and honesty as well as providing some serious issues the church needs to deal with.
Half the world’s population (3 billion+) lives on less than $2 per day. One billion live on less than $1 per day. To communicate this idea to the senior high youth we went on a field trip to Ogle’s to see if we could buy enough food to live on for a day with just [...]
“One of the gravest threats to the North American church is the
deception of power—the deception of being at the center. Those at the
center tend to think, ‘The future belongs to us. We are the shapers of
tomorrow. The process of gospel transmission, the process of
mission—all of it is on our terms, because we are powerful, because [...]
“God’s church has traditionally been more beautiful when it lives out its mission from the margins of society.” -David Zac Niringiye (Uganda)
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I have posted watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the LORD, give yourselves no rest, and give him no rest till he establishes Jerusalem and makes her the praise of the earth. -Isaiah 62:6-7
Introduction
Eve of Revolution
Listen, my children, [...]
When we hear about a sin that shocks us and we can’t imagine how someone could commit that sin, it is hard to process. It is even harder if the person is a Christian, and even more so, a Christian leader. The fact of the matter is: sin is sin. While some [...]
From thinkchristian.net on Why Churches Grow:
Churches are more likely to grow when:
• A church is multiracial.
• Men make up at least 60 percent of regular participants.
• Leaders describe worship as “slightly to not at all†reverent.
• Drums or percussion are always used in worship.
• Churches are located in new suburbs or downtown metropolitan areas.
• Churches [...]
I would have liked to see this reality show. Five men from secular lifestyles enter into a Benedictine monastery and follow the strict timetable of instruction, study, prayer, reflection and routine work duties. They include a producer of trailers for a sex chat line, a painter/decorator with a criminal past, a high-earning bachelor, [...]