Acts, Church, conflict, elders, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, leadership, sin, Stephen, truth
I’m reading through the book of Acts, and I just came across Stephen’s speech to the official assembly of Israel’s elders in chapter 7. Turns out the assembly was full of less-than-stellar leaders, and you, too, can be a great bad leader if you...
Bible, Church, discipleship, Exodus, God, Great Commission, growing, Jesus, John, Matthew, meaning of life, ministry, obedience
“What is the purpose of the Church?” The question gave me pause. I didn’t have a memorized answer I could just spout off when I read those words a couple of months ago. I guess that’s because I hadn’t really taken the time to consider the...
believe, Church, discipleship, Ephesians, evangelism, God, Gospel, grace, Jesus, Luke, Matthew, salvation
I started reading a Bonhoeffer book last week. He wrote it in the 1930’s, but it reads as if he wrote it yesterday. Is the price that we are paying today with the collapse of organized churches anything else but an inevitable consequence of grace acquired too...
Bible, Church, Colossians, conflict, Ephesians, forgiveness, God, grace, Holy Spirit, Jesus, John, love, Matthew, obedience, pain, peace, relationships, Romans, spiritual growth, unity
In any kind of conflict, we humans instinctively feel defensive. Whether it’s a tiff with a spouse, a disagreement with a friend, or an argument with a boss, we immediately adopt an “us versus them” mentality. It’s just how we’re wired....
1 Corinthians, 1 Peter, Acts, Bible, Church, Colossians, elders, Ephesians, Galatians, God, Hebrews, Peter, Philippians, Romans, unity
So my last three posts – When it’s Not Okay to Leave Your Church, When it’s Okay to Leave Your Church, and What to do if You’re Unhappy at Your Church – all started with a basic presupposition: church membership is important. But there is...
1 Corinthians, 1 Peter, 2 Corinthians, Bible, Church, Ephesians, God, happiness, Hebrews, James, Jesus, joy, Matthew, Philippians, Psalms, spiritual growth, trials, Uncategorized
The fact is there are lots of awesome church people out there that have decided it’s not okay for them to leave their churches because they don’t really have biblical reasons to do so. So they are staying. Right where they are. And, truth be told, they are...
