Undermining Revitalization–Part 2
Most have heard the leadership adage “Everything rises and falls on leadership.” With regards to church revitalization, this concept couldn’t be more accurate. If a…
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Undermining Revitalization–Part 1
Imagine you have spent your entire life enslaved. Freedom seems unattainable, and hope is scarce. However, one day a strange man—a fugitive from Egypt—shows up…
Living in the Land of OZ: Three Ways for the Church to Posture Herself in a Foreign Land
The influence of Christianity upon Western society seemingly has become a past experiment. As the Enlightenment experience failed—failing to eliminate all societal ills and bring…
Your Church Might Be A Country Club If…(Part 2)
This article originally appeared on The Exchange with Ed Stetzer. In my previous post I began outlining four identifiers that your church might be more…
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Your Church Might Be A Country Club If… (Part 1)
This article originally appeared on The Exchange with Ed Stetzer. I have been involved at three country clubs in my life. The first CC was…
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Sexual Depravity in the Church
Disgusted…Outraged…Grieved. Those words describe the Apostle Paul in 1 Corinthians 5 when he addresses news about sexual misconduct happening within the church at Corinth and…
Lead·er·ship (/ˈlēdərˌSHip/)
I’ve been in leadership positions almost all my life. Leadership, for me, dates back to youth sports. However, over the past nineteen years my leadership…
Preaching is an A.R.T.
I don’t know what comes to your mind when you hear the word “art,” but I tend to think of paintings like the Mona Lisa.…
U.N.I.T.Y
I don’t follow the NBA like I did when I was in high school. In those days the players and teams to watch were the…
Bringing O.R.D.E.R. To Chaos
My wife has a phrase she uses to describe what she does as a mother (and as my wife). The phrase she shares with others…
