Helpful points in this Gospel Coalition post by Brandon Levering. 1. Church plants clearly define their mission and keep it before them in everything they do. When you’re starting from scratch, almost everything is intentional. The feel of the webpage, the flow of the nursery system, the types of ministries, the shape of the worship …
Even if you just read the title of this post it did you good. This is taken from Disciple: Getting Your Identity From Jesus by Bill Clem. It is dangerous and tempting to change behavior without also changing heart and mind. Behavior modification has to do with “religion,” not with Christianity, and it leads to …
A good thought to take you into Sunday from Ray Ortlund. If we would stop treating Sunday as a second Saturday, one more day to run to Home Depot, one more day for the kids’ soccer games, another day for getting ready for Monday, if we would rediscover Sunday as The Lord’s Day, focusing on …
Erik Raymond writes about identifying the most dangerous type of person in a local church. In addition to what’s written below, they’ll usually have belonged to a number of churches in the past. And be happy to tell you what had proved unsatisfactory about each. They’ll usually have a high regard for the teaching office …
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