Archive for the ‘ Church ’ Category
Good reminder from Piper[ READ MORE ]
The following is excerpted from Jonathan Leeman’s forthcoming book Why Church Membership? from Crossway, 2012. 1) It’s biblical. Jesus established the local church and all the apostles did their ministry through it. The Christian life in the New Testament is church life. Christians today should expect and desire the same. 2) The church is its [ READ MORE ]
Crossway is sponsoring a pre-conference event at The Gospel Coalition, called God-Given Growth. It’s on Tuesday, April 12, from 9:00-11:30am at McCormick Place in Chicago. It’s free and open to the public. From theCrossway blog: If you’re a pastor, planter, potential planter, or lay leader, join us for a time of teaching and discussion that [ READ MORE ]
My buddy Los is planting a church in Rio Rancho, our family will be a part of this plant… when I read this post from LOS it made me beyond pumped for this! New Mexico is not the place that movements start, or people come to plant churches. New Mexico is not sexy, or cool [ READ MORE ]
Kevin DeYoung, Greg Gilbert, and my pastor Ryan Kelly discuss and mill over what it is to be a church on mission, or what it is to be missional. Great stuff to chew on[ READ MORE ]
From the Apologetics315 Blog: Today’s interview is (part two of two) with R. Scott Smith, Associate Professor of Ethics and Christian Apologetics at Biola University. He talks about postmodernism, what it is, and how it is affecting the Church. He shares his thoughts on the good and the bad in the emerging church movement and the works [ READ MORE ]
My friend Kevin is a great Godly guy and he is bold and faithful in his gospel proclamation (which makes him an invaluable and rare treasure for Kingdom work) . Not too far back he moved out to Clarksville, TN to plant a church; He did this with no major sponsorship or budget and God [ READ MORE ]
This is a great post by The Resurgence 1. Feelings can be misleading. Just because we don’t feel holy doesn’t mean the Spirit isn’t making us holy. Feelings aren’t an adequate barometer of spiritual growth, but the gospel always leads us into growth. Bank your growth on faith in gospel truth, not in subjective feelings. [ READ MORE ]
Are YOU AWAKE? That is a great question for a generation that seems to be in a spiritual haze inundated with trinkets and toys. AWAKEN CHURCH is a new church plant in Clarksville, Tennessee; and God is doing great things through them. I had a chance to talk with lead pastor Kevin Miller about AWAKEN [ READ MORE ]
I would preface this article from resurgence by stating that though organic growth and discipleship is needed that is often based of a strong foundation of organization. So, there needs to be both, but I thought this was noteworthy! Grow Disciples Naturally Many churches have a linear discipleship program where they try to funnel everyone [ READ MORE ]
Randy asks: Does the Old Testament model of tithing still apply to Christians today, since it was part of the old covenant? Check out his ANSWER [ READ MORE ]
HT: [ READ MORE ]
Andy writes: Carson preached a three-part series entitled “Prayer and Mission”: Part 1: Prayer Changes Things—Or Does It? (Exodus 32:1-14) | MP3 | June 24, 2009 Part 2: Steady Prayer, Desperate Prayer, Private Prayer, Public Prayer (Exodus 32:15-35) | MP3 | June 25, 2009 Part 3: Pray in Line with the Mind of God (Ephesians 3:14-21) [ READ MORE ]
[ READ MORE ]
Thank to B. Muth for this one…. The Cathedral of Christ the Light, Oakland, California You can watch a very informative video about the cathedral. As I said above, I am amazed at the degree of thought that went into all aspects of this building. Wotruba Church in Austria Maybe the most unconventional it surely [ READ MORE ]
Shop & Give!
Get social with your church.
Save a life.
Fine Design.
Get every new post delivered to your Inbox.
