Good stuff here: What are we trying to do as church? Play at church’s got talent, or make disciples and make a difference. From @edstetzer http://ow.ly/3nHs6: Rather than seeking to be the next big thing – the church version of “America’s Got Talent” – let’s become the next transformative thing. Instead of our neighbors saying, [...]
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No, I’m not talking about gold crosses, smells, bells, or icons of saints. I’m taking about the idolatry that is “Any time we take a GOOD thing and make it a GOD thing that’s a BAD thing”. I was listening to a good message this morning by Mark Driscoll on Idolatry. He was speaking to [...]
Here’s a thought: Communicating the gospel in a postmodern context can make us feel forced to compete with the entertainment industry. You might be able to compete if you have millions of dollars and that level of expertise. Most of us don’t. We have only one advantage that neither Hollywood nor MTV has. We have [...]
There’s been much talk in recent times about community. In a world seeking to define what community really is, and a sense that something has been lost in the modern individualized and bust western culture. In the world of modern technology, from chat rooms, forums, social networking sites and the blogosphere which have all created [...]
I spoke on ‘Stepping out during the storms’ last Sunday. As a church we’ve been feeling God calling us to expand this year – even though the world and many of the things we see would suggest we should do the opposite. Many people I know are facing a lot of storms at the moment, [...]
