Churches Shouldn’t Have a Fourth Wall
The fourth wall is the imaginary wall which separates those on stage with the audience. It’s incredibly common in our day for actors to break the fourth wall and directly talk to the camera/audience.
Thom Rainer: 7 Reasons Why Church Outreach Programs Fail
When I wrote "Autopsy of a Deceased Church," my desire was to demonstrate the terrible consequences and deaths of local congregations when the members are inwardly focused. It's why church outreach Programs fail.
Learn How to ‘Adult’ Before You ‘Missionary’
If we aspire to ministry greatness or missionary success, we must first be made small.
3 Layers of Life-Changing Transformation
In his very first acts of ministry, Jesus unleashed the power of transformation.
7 Reasons You Should Invite (Some) People to Leave Your Church
Sometimes, one of the best things you can do to become even more effective at accomplishing your mission is to invite people to leave your church.
Quarantine Date Night for Spouses
Covid and quarantine have made everything challenging, but I think one of the biggest challenges is how to keep the romance alive in your marriage.
The Five People You Won’t Meet in Heaven
It might be interesting to take a more non-fiction approach to Mitch Albom's storyline and ask the question: Who are the five people you won’t meet in heaven?
6 Steps to Help You Overcome Challenges in Your Ministry
If challenges only grow and get more complicated when we push them aside, then we need to start confronting them systematically. Here are a few steps that will help you overcome challenges that keep creeping up in your ministry.
The Lord’s Prayer for Dummies
I grew up with a love for music. I played a couple instruments, sang in high-school all-state choirs, and received a scholarship for vocal music for two of my four years of college. So, it was natural that I experienced a convergence between my love for the Lord’s Prayer and my love for music.
The Rise of Relational Pornography
May we be the antidote to the growing pandemic of relational pornography.
‘I Believe in Jesus, But Don’t Call Me Christian’
“Younger people are less religious than older people.” Across the board, this proves to be true. Doesn’t really matter what country one observes or what metrics one uses; statistically, research finds that younger generations tend to be less religious than those who have come before.
Here’s Why People REJECT Our Evangelism Efforts
Our evangelism isn't working. While a person’s response to Christ is ultimately a matter that rests in God’s sovereign hands—something we have no control over—a person’s hearing of the gospel is a matter we do have control over and responsibility for.
We All Need to Be a Little ‘More Andrew’
Andrew was the apostle known for bringing people to Christ - at several points in the Scriptures, he is a key link in the chain.
8 Easy Ways to Be Missional
We can be missional in everyday ways without overloading our schedules. We can have a missional lifestyle in everyday ways without overloading our schedules.
How I Use the Pilgrim’s Progress in Evangelism
I believe with all my heart that faith (only) comes from hearing and hearing from the word of God. (Rom. 10:17) But over the years I have found myself using "The Pilgrim’s Progress" at some point during an evangelistic encounter.
9 Lies the Media Spreads about Christians
While there are certainly exceptions, I’ve identified nine common lies perpetuated about evangelical Christians by people in the media.
6 Reasons Why Sexual Predators Target Churches
"In the mind of a predator, a church offers a compelling target and, too often, an easy target."
What Is Christian Meditation?
I propose the following definition: Christian meditation is the focused contemplation of the renewed mind upon the treasury of divine truth.
Virtual Missions Trips Build Gospel Connections Continents Apart
Raymond Vargas, a CBU student, had taken part of school-sponsored mission projects in Germany and Northern Africa. And while his experience in virtual missions last fall was different, it still brought fruit.
Why Do Churches Resist Change (And What You Can Do About It)
The bringing of order creates the organization but also simultaneously slows the creative, leadership elements of change. This happens in every organization, but churches resist change even more, or so it seems.
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The Equality Act Is the Most Significant Threat to Religious Liberty...
While discrimination toward people created in the image of God should, indeed, be opposed, the Equality Act does so in ways that significantly disregard religious liberty concerns.
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Jason Sobel: How to Read the Bible in High Definition
"I feel like a lot of people are reading the Bible in standard definition," says Rabbi Jason Sobel, "because they don’t know how the Old and the New Testaments connect. And when you connect the dots, the Bible comes alive."
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