I love this verse. Every generation is obsessed with itself and their accomplishments. The church is not immune to this obsession to build a name for herself. In fact the church "Myself included" is rather sneaky with our narcissism. We have become masters of finding ways to be known as the people who don't want to be ... Continue Reading
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Do you love Your Church or The Church?
Do you love your church or the church?If you love your church only....1. Your obsessed with how you "do" church.2. You believe few churches "Get it"3. You think God has done the work that He has done because of you and your models of ministry and not in spite of you and your models of ministry.4. You think your church is cool.5. You think other ... Continue Reading
Sermon Outline
2 Tim 3:16-4:5The Authority of the BibleIntro: Stand Alone Sermon Do you believe the bible?Is the bible your ultimate authority? Or what feels right to you? God has perfectly revealed the same things to us all. 1 Meaning many applications Red letter/Black letter Can we trust the bible and do you believe the bible?Paul to ... Continue Reading
Spurgeon: Preach the Word! “A lion can defend itself”
Spurgeon's Apologetics "A great many learned men are defending the gospel; no doubt it is a very proper and right thing to do, yet I always notice that, when there are most books of that kind, it is because the gospel itself is not being preached. Suppose a number of persons were to take it into their heads that they had to defend a ... Continue Reading
Ellisabeth Elliot: Peace That Passes All Understanding
"And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus" Phil 4:7From A Path Through Suffering "After the death of my husband Jim, I returned to my jungle station. My Quichua friends were sympathetic, for they had loved Jim too. There was plenty of work to do, and I soon established new ... Continue Reading
Are Church Planters scared of traditional churches?
1 Cor 16:8-9 "But I will stay in Ephesus until Pentecost, for a wide door for effective work has opened to me, and there are many adversaries." A couple of years ago I was talking to a pastor about another pastor friend of mine. This other pastor was in his early 30's and had been pastoring a traditional baptist church for a few years. ... Continue Reading
What happened with that church?
If someone came to me 2 years ago and asked me "What happened at that church you grew up at?" I would answer that question in a far different way than I would now. So lets imagine you or someone else was to ask me that now. What would I say? The church started in 1979. My parents told me that the first meeting ... Continue Reading
Handwritten quote of the day: By J. Mack Stiles
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True vs False Unity
False unity in a church is really easy. All you have to do to create false unity is create a culture of avoidance. Avoid confrontation of sin, avoid theological conviction, and avoid biblical community and "unity" happens. But what of true unity? True unity can happen when the Gospel is central and the Gospel is loved. Then we can confront sin and ... Continue Reading