Wedding season is right around the corner. Those few months of the year where every weekend you put on the suite you haven't worn since last year and witness the coming together of two very different people. That's why weddings are fun - you look at him, you look at her and think to yourself,
The hope of heaven often sounds like this, "I don't know what it will be like, but I know it will be great." Often the person that says that is trying really hard to get excited about images of harps, halos, and cloud cars, and a never-ending hymn sing. However, if we first embrace the
In celebration of Easter, I've decided to do an series of blogs on the resurrection. Too often the resurrection becomes a "remember-it-once-a-year" thing. We put on our Easter dresses, give away Easter baskets, and then hunt eggs. Let's admit it, the resurrection has become pretty far removed from our daily lives. This should not be.
Let's be clear; the terms "traditional" and "contemporary" aren't clear. Yet, these are the labels we like to place on church, church music, styles of ministry, etc. They aren't clear because these terms are fluid. What was once traditional is now ancient. What is now contemporary will soon be traditional. What is ancient will soon
"Those who had been scattered preached the word wherever they went." Acts 8:4 "Evangelism" is a bit of a dirty word in the Church. In conjures up all kinds of images from people knocking on doors or standing in the streets to being asked a question they don't know the answer to. Evangelism can be
I heard once - and I don't know if it's true, but point is just the same - that if you were to gather all the Christians who don't actively attend a church into a denomination, it would be the largest denomination in the Church today. There are a lot of people who want to
The latest research shows that almost half of all Christians attend more than one church actively. This is the new church hop. The old church hop was going to one church for a while (like 6-12 months), until you discovered that the church didn't have everything together like you thought. Or the Pastor said something
This week I'll be doing a series of blogs on the Church. I've entitled them "The Church Blocker," "The Church Hopper," and "The Church Stopper." In Matthew 16:18 Jesus says, "And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of death will not overcome
"I don't go to church because it is full of hypocrites." I hear that line all the time. You probably do too. You may have said it yourself. It typically comes from people that have had some exposure to the Church. You grew up going to church. You accepted Christ as a teenager. Your grandparents
