When Is the Right Time to Close a Church? Churches Close for Tangible Problems, But Maybe Some Should Close for Spiritual Reasons In the book of Malachi, God laments about his people. Specifically he’s down on the priests because they show...
Don’t Be a Church Shopper Going Church Shopping Turns Spirituality into a Commodity Last week we talked about how to find a perfect church. We gave a simple two-step process. (Check it out.) This is the opposite of what most people do when they...
How to Find the Perfect Church When It’s Time to Select a New Church, Try This Counter-Cultural Approach There’s an astute saying, “If you find the perfect church, don’t join it—because then it will no longer be perfect.” The reality is that as...
How Long Do You Stay at Church After the Service Ends? The Best Christian Community Happens After the Service Is Over Last week I asked, Why do people show up for church late? My wife and I try to arrive ten minutes early, a practice we developed...
Why Do People Show Up Late for Church? The Timing of When People Arrive at Church Reflects Their Priorities When my wife and I went on our grand adventure of visiting fifty-two churches in a year, we decided we’d try to arrive at church ten...
When Should You Change Churches? Changing Churches Should Be Rare, Not Commonplace In our Facebook group we discussed the post “When Not to Change Churches.” Justin asked a pertinent question: “When should you change churches?” I knew part of the...
When Not to Change Churches When We Go Church Shopping We Behave as Consumers and Don’t Honor God In today’s practice of retail religion, we pursue faith has a consumer and miss the purpose of church. We’re quick to change churches over the...
3 Keys to Successful Church Involvement Don’t Go to Church with a Passive Perspective: Be Engaged on Sunday Morning As a teenager, I often complained to my parents, “but I don’t get anything out of church.” Though they tried to reason with me...
We Need to Stop Interpreting Scripture Through the Lens of Our Practices The Bible should inform our actions, not justify our habits Christianity has its traditions and religious practices. We often persist in them with unexamined acceptance. And...
What’s More Important, Family or Church? We need to order our priorities with intention and do what matters most Whether we realize it or not, we form priorities to order our lives. For most of my adult existence my number one priority has been...
