Is Church a Haven for Saints or a Hospital for the Sick? Jesus Didn’t Come for the Righteous but for Sinners As Jesus walks along he sees a tax collector, Levi. He says to Levi, “Follow me.” Levi gets up, leaves everything, and follows Jesus...
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...
Is Being More Connected a Benefit or a Curse? Technology May Keep Us Connected but It Can Leave Us Empty As a society, we’re more connected than ever before. But many people also feel lonelier than ever. With all our connection opportunities, why...
8 Tips to Find a New Church When It Comes Time to Change Churches, Attitude Is Everything Last week we talked about when not to change churches, instead of looking to find a new church. Too often people treat their church as a commodity and...
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...
Rebuilt: Awakening the Faithful, Reaching the Lost, and Making Church Matter By Michael White and Tom Corcoran Reviewed by Peter DeHaan Are things not working at your church? Is your congregation aging and attendance dwindling? Are people just...
Do You Want More From Life? Seeking a Spiritual More Do You Want More From Life? A Spiritual More? I’m not talking about more money, power, or prestige. I’m not even talking about more love or respect. I’m certainly not talking about the latest...
The Latter Years of Martin Luther Martin Luther wanted to work within the Church to bring about change but they kicked him out Martin Luther intended to work out his ninety-five theses within the Church leadership. However, once the masses read...
What is Post-Denominational? Dividing the church by forming denominations isn’t biblical, and it’s time to move past it Jesus prayed for our unity, that we would be one—just as he and his father are one. He yearned that his followers would get...
What Is a Micro Church? Bigger isn’t always better and the micro church proves this Last week I wrote about the emergent church. Today we shift the discussion to micro church. Emergent church and micro church, are these alternate labels for the...
