Spent a week away meeting with other church leader types. Which means that I heard this question a lot. You’d think pastors would know better. Tim Challies offers some thoughtful alternatives. He promises a second part to this post. So how many people go to your church?” That’s a question just about every pastor faces …
Even if you’ve never heard of Irish Christian group Bluetree there’s a chance you’ve heard one of their songs, God Of This City. It was flogged to death by a certain segment of the church over the last couple of years. To be fair, a song composed and sung as an anthem of hope in …
Continuing on our recent strand of posts about corporate prayer, Michael McKinley at the 9Marks blog has posted Six Ways To Help People Pray: Pretty much everyone would agree that prayer is an important part of the Christian life. And pretty much everyone would agree that most Christians don’t pray as much or as well …
Very well produced fifteen minute video documentary on the composition of the words of the hymn Amazing Grace and pivotal events in the life of its writer John Newton. I’m sure there are still many, many folk who don’t know this story. Amazing Grace: The Story Behind the Song from Gregory Bandy on Vimeo. ht
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