What Did the First Church Do? Just days after Pentecost, the people who follow Jesus begin to hang out. This is the first church. What did they do? In the book of Acts, Doctor Luke records four key things: They learn about Jesus (think of this as...
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...
10 More New Testament Practices, Part 1 Consider the Example of the Early Church and Then Follow It We’ve already talked about the three main ways Jesus changed our perspectives for following him when he fulfilled the Old Testament prophets. The...
Stay Home to Go to Church Ideas for Having a House Church Over the years there have been times when I couldn’t go to church. I’m not talking about the Sundays I was ill or traveling. Instead, I’m referring to times when the church canceled its...
What Is a Micro Church? Bigger isn’t always better and the micro church proves this In another post we discussed the emergent church. Today we shift the discussion to micro church. Emergent church and micro church, are these alternate labels for...
Why We Shouldn’t Celebrate Communion at Church Though we cite scripture when we take communion, we don’t do it in a biblical way Most Christian churches celebrate communion in some form in their worship practices. Though they do this in different...
How Can You Shrink Your Church? We live in a world that thinks bigger is better, but that’s not always true Our modern-day society evaluates things based on size. We celebrate magnitude, with bigger being better. This includes church. We often...
Book Review: The Church in the House a Return to Simplicity The Church in the House a Return to Simplicity By Robert Fitts (reviewed by Peter DeHaan) Robert Fitts opens The Church in the House with a mission statement for a house church. Once he...
Book Review: The Rabbit and the Elephant The Rabbit and the Elephant: Why Small is the New Big for Today’s Church By Tony and Felicity Dale and George Barna (reviewed by Peter DeHaan)Rabbits reproduce quickly and with abundance, while elephants...
Accepting Those Who Believe Differently The Meaning of Life By James Rutz (reviewed by Peter DeHaan)In The Meaning of Life, author James Rutz takes a new look at some of the standard thinking about God. He examines anew God’s creation, corrects...
