A Good but Atypical Service This church resulted when three dying congregations merged a quarter century ago, but with a worship team of teens brought in, today isn’t a normal gathering. I suspect it’s a more atypical church service...
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...
A New Kind of Church Most of this church’s ministry happens on Saturday. The Sunday service is for those they meet during their Wednesday evening street ministry. Consider these four discussion questions about Church #21: 1. We turn to...
What Do We Do When God’s Commands No Longer Make Sense? Contrary to the Law of Moses King David Reassigns the Duties of the Levites In the book of Numbers, Moses details the assignments and responsibilities of the tribe of Levi, mentioning them...
Does Reading the Bible Make You Cry? Scripture Can Produce Tears of Joy and of Sorrow A minister in Africa passed out Bibles to his people so they could have their own copy and read Scripture in their native tongue. He said that “I see many...
What Does God Do On Sunday? After God finishes with his amazing creation he takes time on the seventh day to rest. He declares the day holy. Later in the Old Testament, God reminds his people to keep the Sabbath holy and to not work. How should...
God Is Worthy of Our Praise The Bible is filled with praise to the Almighty, and we should follow its example The word praise occurs in more than 360 verses in the Bible. Most of these refer to praising God. They tell of people who praise God and...
Successfully Melding Contemporary and Traditional This church’s Facebook page—they have no website—says their “services are informal with a blend of hymns and contemporary music.” I expect service melding contemporary and traditional aspect of...
Do We Need to Include the Lament in Our Sunday Worship Services? Expressions of grief and sorrow abound in the Psalms but the church has forgotten how to lament In the churches I have attended throughout my life and visited in the past few years...
Reflecting on Church #48: A Great Church to Visit With our journey of visiting fifty-two churches over, I can reflect more on the complete experience. Today, I’ll add to my thoughts about Church #48. This church did many things right, especially...
