Last week, I came across an “infographic” on the decline of Blockbuster Video. As I looked over it, I realized an undeniable takeaway regarding the state of many churches today: Are our churches more like Blockbuster or Netflix? Perhaps one of the reasons I began pondering this question stemmed from a discussion the night before….
Tim Challies makes an interesting point regarding the Son of God movie that releases this Friday: the movie will present the crucifixion without the cross. What’s the difference? The crucifixion is the barbaric torture used by the Romans to execute someone in a slow manner where the person drowns to death over the course of…
Call it coincidence or the providence of God, but I have found myself reading a couple of books which remarkably parallel each other, my daily through-the-Bible reading plan and my preparation for a sermon series on the Ten Commandments at church. I think this is the third time that I have read JI Packer’s Knowing…
I had an “aha” moment as I read a chapter from JI Packer’s “Knowing God“. Salvation comes, not as someone comes to “accept Christ”, but rather as someone comes to be accepted by Him. This turns on its head a lot of our evangelism training by showing our need for being accepted, rather than being…
I read The Social Church yesterday. It was a nice distraction from all of the Superbowl pre-game chatter. I thought I would learn how to use Social Media to promote churches and ministries. I was wrong. This was not the book I thought it was. Rather than a “how-to”, it was not only a “why…
Last week, I talked about the importance of reading the Bible in 2014. I hope you took to heart my encouragement to get started with a Bible Reading Plan. But as important as it is to read the Bible, it isn’t enough. We must also spend time thinking about what we’re reading. That’s the purpose…
