Harry Reeder offers some ‘Thoughts On Liberating The Church From The Babylonian Captivity Of Relevance’ and asks Is it possible that the Church has become another piece of cultural furniture in its pursuit of relevance? It’s one thing to speak to the culture in terms which it understands but it’s an entirely different thing to …
Michael Jensen identifies and expands on nine forms of aberrant Christian leadership, along with theological solutions for each, at Blogging Parson. Recognise any (hopefully not all) of these? 1. The Narcissist 2. The Control Freak 3. The Wimp 4. The ‘I don’t do windows’ leader 5. The Macho 6. The Member of the Guild 7. …
Carl Trueman expounds the virtue of a wife who does not believe one iota of “their husbands’ own propaganda about themselves.” From the post: Indeed, when asked by a student spouse the other week how she kept up with reading all that I read so that she could support me in my work, my wife’s …
Dave Dorr challenges consumer attitudes being applied to church. He suggests a few “attitudes that show we are relating to our church as consumers”: 1. Consistently dwelling on the thought, “Is this church the right fit for me?” 2. Having an attitude that says, “If the leadership would just do ______________ better, then I would …
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