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 [...]
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Catalyst TV: Andy Stanley and Craig Groeschel from Catalyst on Vimeo.
Some of our church staff team went to a seminar on “Pastoring and Innovation” last week which was run by Bobby Gruenewald from Lifechurch.tv. He shared several good and helpful thoughts on how churches can innovate and become better at what they’re called to do. One great thought was to embrace a culture of [...]
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 [...]
Just been listening to a great podcast by Andy Stanley on “High Performance Teams” and spent some time thinking about how that applies to me and the team I lead in the west congregation of our church. (Funny the things I’ll do to take a break over lunchtime!). Here’s my thought for the day. It comes [...]