J.D. Greear restates a truth that needs to be revisited again and again about the nature of the church. In Long Beach, California, you can visit the Queen Mary, a ship that’s been turned into a museum. It was originally launched as the ultimate luxury cruise liner of its time. But during World War II, …
David Murray read a book called Why Simple Wins: Escape the Complexity Trap and Get to Work That Matters by Lisa Bodell. It’s a business book, but churches, along with any group find that the longer we go on the more complex we can get. The challenge is to keep trying to simplify everything. Murray’s …
Zac Hicks writes about corporate worship training and equipping disciples of Jesus for their day to day life following Christ. Part of [the church Hicks was attending at the time] weekly service structure was a rehearsal of repentance, a Confession of Sin and an Assurance of Pardon. Week in and week out, we would have …
New people bring all sorts of observations and questions about things that don’t work and we’ve gotten used to. Dan Rockwell counters the waste of energy in defending what isn’t working. Stop defending what isn’t working: #1. New eyes see and state the obvious. Gradual development is less effective when you’re stuck. Bluntness creates tipping …
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