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authenticity

Intentionally Planning an Authentic Church Experience

Church leaders love the feeling of an organic church service. “Organic” goes by several other names, such as “authentic,” “vulnerable,” “real,” and “Spirit-led,” an authentic church experience.

J.C. Ryle: 10 Questions to Test Whether You Are a True Christian

Are you a true Christian? Consider these challenges from J.C. Ryle, who invites every reader to join him in calm, searching self-examination over this important question.

3 Surprising Authenticity KILLERS in Your Church

When we get a bad taste in our mouth for accountability, many of us don’t go back again to try it out.

Confession and Repentance–8 Ways to Talk About It

Josh Hunt provides eight important keys to encourage your group members to see themselves as confessors and repenters and also as expressions of God’s grace to each other.

Pastors Are Just People Too

Pastor, allow your church minister to you. In doing so, you honor your people with the opportunity to fulfill the Word of God: “Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ” (Gal 6:2).

WATCH: Flatirons Community Church Pastor on Why He Needs a Break

Jim Burgen, lead pastor of Flatirons Community Church in Colorado, announced a few days ago that he would be taking a six-month sabbatical. In the video, Burgen expressed gratitude toward the men who were willing to help him see his blind spots.

Brian Welch: Christianity Now Allows People to Be More Authentic

Recently on the podcast Matt’s Movie Reviews, Korn band member Brian Welch discussed authentic Christianity, his new documentary, and how people in the heavy metal scene are more open to spiritual things than they ever have been.