Kevin DeYoung provides more detail about congregational prayer services. At MGPC we swiped the idea of first Sunday of the month evening services given over to prayer from an earlier post by DeYoung. I tend to get stuck in ruts, so this post which suggests variations of prayer content is very helpful for me. It …
Two very different videos that bring a similar reaction. You may need tissues. I have no idea who Kevin Durant is, but he won the NBA MVP award. The whole speech is very humble and touching, but this section where he talks about his brothers and especially the last half, where he addresses his mother …
A post about growing a heart that genuinely is joyful when hearing about other churches that are seeing more fruit than the one you belong to. This is hard. For me, anyway. We strive to see fruitfulness in our mission and ministry, but when others seem to have blessings that we’d like to experience there’s …
Helpful thoughts from Brian Croft on intentionally evaluating worship services. The primary role of service review is two fold: First, service review is a safeguard to maintain biblical fidelity within the public gatherings of the church. Secondly, service review is a tool to cultivate the skill of giving and receiving sincere, helpful, and godly criticism, …
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