Mar 27, 2010

There are a couple quotes that God has used lately to examine how my heart views Christianity in America: “we believe in Jesus enough to get us out of hell but not actually enough to change the way we live and that’s a problem” – Craig Groeschel “Jesus Christ didn’t just die on the cross so we can just say a prayer and live...

Mar 9, 2010

We like safety.  We do things to make our life easy. We like easy. Church looks nice when it is easy. Smiling faces. Shallow conversation. Sports. Weather. News. Kids. Everyone is great. We work hard not to go too far. We don’t want to give up too much, other people might think we’re strange. People we feel safe around. I have really been convicted in the...

Feb 23, 2010

I am willing and able to say that Christ’s church is big enough for some disagreement. I want to let it be known that I will not be making a common practice of doing this kind of post. However, this time I am responding… Today, Justin Wise (@justinwise) at BeDeviant.com posted an article about Negotiables. I agree that it is very important to flesh...

Jan 21, 2010

Last month the Pew Forum released part of their US Religious Landscape Survey. I found some parts of overview troubling, especially the amount of Eastern Mysticism within the Protestant Faiths. for example: Compared with other religious traditions, white evangelical Protestants consistently express lower levels of acceptance of both Eastern beliefs...

Jan 14, 2010

Sometimes defining leadership can be as easy as nailing Jell-o to a wall…. I’ve been reading, studying and praying (not in that order,,,) about leadership in the last few weeks while working with our church’s Lead Team for 2010/2011’s planning and vision meetings. I ran across this article on how to ensure a boring church. I think that...