When a pastor, professor, or friend in the church falls from sexual sin, does it make a sound? Yes. And it’s louder than when a tree falls. (more…)
Why You Shouldn’t Skip The Genealogies
Who doesn’t love a lengthy list of difficult to pronounce names? I’m sure the genealogies sprinkled throughout the Old Testament are some of the most precious parts of the Bible to you. And I bet you’ve never passed over them in your Bible reading or in a sermon series.
Record scratch
Who am I kidding? If we are honest, the genealogies often cause our eyes to glaze over. So many names. So many consonants oddly arranged in those names. So few vowels. So hard to say. “I’ll just flip the page.” (more…)
What is a Book?
Book |bo͝ok| noun
A written or printed work consisting of pages glued or sewn together along one side and bound in covers.
A book is much more than pages chained together. A book is a portal to another dimension. A book is a life jacket in the storm. A book is a conduit for transformation.
So, what is a book? The Good Book Company answers:
Go to https://www.thegoodbook.com/renew to see which book God used to change my life.
Don’t Title People “Pastor” If They Aren’t An Elder
Ministry titles abound in the church today.
Student Pastor. Children’s Pastor. Creative Environment Pastor (No idea). Senior Pastor and Worship Pastor are pretty standard fair on the leadership page of a church’s site. And what is also becoming standard is the willy-nilly way people use the word pastor.
I don’t think we should put Pastor on people just because they are on a church staff. A pastor isn’t someone who gets a paycheck from a church and is responsible for running events for certain age groups while holding a Bible. (more…)
Preachers, Offend People This Sunday
When you preach the gospel, you are preaching the most offensive point in your sermon. Paul preached the “offense of the cross” knowing the “word of the cross is foolishness” in the eyes of the world (Gal. 5:11; 1 Cor. 1:18).
You know why the gospel is so offensive? (more…)
Heaven Isn’t An Eternal Worship Service
You read the title right. Heaven and the New Earth won’t be a never-ending church service. Now, we will sing about his love forever, but it won’t be the only thing we do. (more…)
Don’t Sleep on “Grace to You”
Every one of Paul’s letters to the churches in the New Testament opens with the same portable gospel.
Grace to you.
We Don’t Need To Go Back To The Early Church
You’ve heard people say, “We just need to go back to the early church.” We need to be more like the raw, organic, on-the-go church we see in the New Testament.
I disagree. (more…)
Lord, Help My Stupidity
We pray for all kinds of things in our lives—healing, strength in temptation, help with children—but have you ever asked God to help you not be stupid? (more…)