This spoken word piece by Jefferson Bethke has attracted a lot of attention over the last few days. (Almost seven million youtube views at this point.) It’s central theme is that Jesus hates religion. Have a listen. While it sounds both plausible and inviting, how does it stack up against the Bible? Kevin DeYoung provides …
Bobby Jamieson continues to examine how programs can be a productive part of a church’s plan for effective discipling and outreach. Programs and groups that don’t grow Christian life but simply consume people’s time and energy can’t be sustained. They’re the living dead and need to be either put out of their misery or resuscitated. …
Words of encouragement for pastors, church leaders and those who minister from Paul Tripp. A pastor is not scholar in residence or a visiting consultant. I’m thankful for the community of love of which I’m a part at mgpc. We’re not perfect, and we do fail, but that reminds us not to place all our …
Two types of people that should be handled with care are those who are full of praise for you/your church when they’ve only just arrived, and those who all too readily tell you everything that’s wrong with the last place(s) they were at. Be doubly careful with people who do both. (This is true in …
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