What If We Started Over?
What if we started over? What if we erased everything we know about the organized church and its activities? What if we started simply with …
Beware Ministry Big Shots
During my lifetime, something strange and unsettling has infected the American church. It’s killing us. In some ways this thing is the flip side of …
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Afraid to Grow
What could be stifling growth in the American church—and in individual spiritual growth? A couple of deadly emotions are killing us. The first is widespread, …
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The Game Show Church
It was a Game Show Easter at one Texas church this year. In the name of outreach, the Corpus Christi church gave away guitars, bedroom …
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We Need to Get Out
While our world aches to know God, many of our church leaders nitpick minutia. Only a small percentage of Americans claim a deep and transforming …
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The 2 Spiritual Americas
We have two distinct spiritual camps in America. Their distinctives predict where they’ll be this Sunday. Both camps consider themselves quite spiritually oriented. George Barna’s …
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Evangelism's Bad Name
Most people go into paralysis mode at the mere mention of evangelism. People are petrified at the prospect of sharing their faith. A recent study …
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In 10 Years: Not the Church We Know
We’re in a swirl of rapid change. In the last 10 years the church in America has seen more rapid change than in the entire …
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Selling an Unfriendly Church
Imagine assigning yourself the task of writing an article opposing friendliness in church. Well, an editor of an old and fading Christian publication recently took …
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The Waste & Redundancy of Sermon Prep
Right about now, some 300,000 preachers are preparing 300,000 different sermons for church services around the country. Stop and think about that for a moment. …