Church
Are You Too Fashionable?
YOU MAY BE TOO FASHIONABLE IF . . .
You can look around at church and notice that everybody is basically the same age and they look and dress pretty much like you do.
You can’t stand singing a worship song that was “in†five years ago—much less singing a hymn from another century.
You believe social justice [...]
Why Do We Put Limits On Life
Jesus came to give life, but I’ve found the church is so determined to put limits on it. I can’t smoke, I can’t drink in front of kids. What next? Are they going to tell me I can’t cuss at kids. Ok, I guess some limits on life (whatever that’s supposed to look like) are okay, but I’m [...]
The Church versus(?) Parachurch: Excellent Article
Hey Fellow People who care about kids and love God:
Jeff Iosa received this article in an email from The Youth Source (www.thesource4ym.com) about the relationship between local churches and parachurch organizations. It is a great article; very much worth the ten minutes it took me to read it. Here are a few quotes from the [...]
Competition in Ministry
I’ve heard pastors get upset at other pastors before because they feel a particular church is stealing church members. How ridiculous is that?
I’ve actually had the same problem with other high school ministry leaders (some church & some para-church).
Jonathan Herron had a recent confrontation with another local pastor & writes about it in a post titled [...]
Sex in Church on TV
One of the blogs I check out nearly every day is Jonnathan Herron’s. He’s the pastor of Catalyst Church in Canton. I just happened across it from technorati one day, but have found it to be encouraging & entertaining.
Here’s a report the local Fox station did on Catalyst church and their open talk about sex. [...]