Today’s Church Follows an Old Testament Model Moses Explained the Three Key Elements of Worship and We Still Follow Them Our churches today function in much the same way as outlined in the Old Testament. We follow the Old Testament model for...
Are You Zealous about Church? We Must Do Better at Our Religious Meetings “Why do you so hate the church?” Shocked, I furrow my eyes and scowl at my friend. “I don’t hate church.” “But you’re always criticizing it in your blog.” This gives me...
The More Than 52 Churches Workbook: Pursue Christian Community and Grow in Our Faith You’ve read More Than 52 Churches. Now it’s time to put thoughts into action. This workbook will guide you—if you dare let it. Consider 175 thought-provoking...
Paul Teaches What to Do at a House Church Gathering What Scripture Teaches About Meeting Together Is Far Different Than Our Sunday Services We talked about three options for a house church gathering: duplicate a typical service, participate...
What About Spending Time with Christians Who Believe Like Us? Hanging Out with Those Who Share Our Beliefs May Be Comfortable, But It Isn’t Good In the post “Can You Be a ______ and Still Be a Christian?” we discussed our tendency to judge other...
Do You Arrive at Church Early, On Time, or Late? When we arrive at church portrays something about us. More importantly it reveals much about the importance we place on God and worshipping him. Aside from conditioned and cultural predispositions...
Don’t Make Christians; Make Disciples Go into All the World and Make Disciples About two billion people in the world call themselves Christians, more than those who align themselves with any other religion. But how many will call themselves...
The Significance of Synagogues Discover the Origin of Having a Local Place of Worship Another interesting word that occurs only in the New Testament is synagogues. Appearing sixty-six times, it’s in all four gospels, a lot in the book of Acts...
Why I Don’t Dress Up for Church—Anymore May My Clothes Never Keep a Visitor from Encountering God My parents, especially my mom, taught me to dress up for church. That’s what people did when I was a kid, and I didn’t question it—even though I’m...
Community, Fellowship, and Discipleship Discover What the Bible and Our Experience Teach Us about Community, Fellowship, and Discipleship In my posts, I write a lot about the importance of community, specifically meaningful spiritual community...
