Monday, April 17, 2017

Four Ways to Know if Your Church is Out of Touch

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"We want to reach our community!"  In 24 years of ministry, I've never served or consulted with a single congregation that d...
Tuesday, April 04, 2017

Why the "Public/Private/Home Education Debate" needs to Stop...Now!

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Heresy has always threatened to corrupt the church.  From its earliest days when Marcion sought to add books to her Bible to the various p...
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Thursday, March 23, 2017

5 Qualities of a Great Team Member

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Leadership is, by default, a "team sport."  If you have no one to lead, how can you be a leader?  But having a group to lead doe...
Friday, March 17, 2017

Five Lies People Tell about the Church

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As a pastor, I've had many unfortunate encounters with domestic violence and its consequences.  I've sat in my office across the t...
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Tuesday, March 07, 2017

Islam, Muslims, and the Importance of Knowing the Difference

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" I've never met Islam.  I think Islam owes me $5.  But apparently Islam hates America, which is fascinating."  -Wajahat Ali...
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Monday, February 20, 2017

The Shack: A Pastoral Perspective

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Next Friday, The Shack  opens nationwide, prompting full theaters, plenty of box office profits, and apparently, a bunch of ticked off con...
Friday, February 03, 2017

Straw Men, Dead Children, and the Syrian Refugee Crisis

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"And the King will answer them, 'Truly I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.&qu...
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