R. Scott Clark writes about the curious contemporary phenomenon by which children decide which church their families will attend. Is it any wonder contemporary church is evaluated on its entertainment value and not on its faithfulness to truth? Surely such families will also put their children in charge of making decisions of equivalent importance. Over …
Practical piece on not worshipping like a consumer and instead worshipping as a Christian. This is how to bless others and experience blessing. From David Mathis of Desiring God, posted on Gospel Coalition. Other Christians. Can’t do corporate worship without them, and yet sometimes it feels like we can’t really do corporate worship with them …
What does Center Church (Timothy Keller, Zondervan Publishers, 2012) promise? In Center Church, Timothy Keller seeks to provide “a particular theological vision for ministry that we believe will enable many churches to reach people in our day and time, particularly where late-modern Western globalisation is influencing the culture”. This vision also embraces “using the gospel …
These German soccer fans tried to proved a very basic support for their beleagured team, which couldn’t score goals. It sort of reminded me of how some congregations try to encourage their pastors to bring those meandering sermons to a conclusion. Perhaps if the congregation all had signs saying ‘C’mon, get to Jesus’ or something.
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