Don’t Make These Five Leadership Selection Gaffs
The pastor was sharing his frustration about one of his executive team members during a recent consultation. “No matter what I do, Cyndi finds a problem with pretty much anything I suggest. She either tries to fix what’s not broken or she sabotages the idea completely. I wish I’d never invited her onto the team, but now I’m […]
I Want to See My Grandchild in Heaven
I am a grandfather! I have had married children for a few years. Â And those who are already grandparents have been hounding me to have grandchildren. Â I usually tell them I don’t have much control over such matters. These folks uniformly tell me how awesome it is to be a grandparent; just play with the […]
Mary Did You Know – A Merry Christmas
This Christmas I was introduced to the Pentatonixs (I know you probably knew about them earlier). What a great singing group, especially in a world where most music is slightly better than noise! But it gets better. Have you heard their song “Mary did you know?” It’s one of the most beautiful and theologically sound […]
Christmas Ignorance Shouldn’t Surprise Us
There seems to be a lot of ignorance around Christmas … and it’s not just the meaning of Christmas or the reason for the season. The very fabric of the holiday season is being torn asunder and the church largely seems to be oblivious to it. I’m not talking about the replacing of Merry Christmas […]
The Problem with Western Christianity
We all know 85% of churches in the West are in decline, so I wont go into that other than to say I know the cause for this decline.[1] The basic problem with Western Christianity rests on a misunderstanding of the Church Growth movement and the liberalization of the Western Church. Let me explain. The […]
Two Huge Changes and Two Critical Texts of Our Time
Two of the most important texts for our time are Matt. 9:36-38 and John 20:21. In this post we will examine why. I began sharing the faith in the late 1950s. Back then I could share the four spiritual laws and in forty-five minutes lead someone to Christ. It was also the custom that most […]