The Front Door Nobody Is Using
The mission infrastructure your congregation needs already exists. Most of it just isn’t pointed at anything yet.
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The Lie I Believed
Millennials, the generation that traded hard work for avocado toast and a subscription to Netflix. Don’t forget Gen Z. They’re glued to their phones, TikToking their lives away, incapable of holding a meaningful conversation unless emojis are involved. And now, we have Gen Alpha — the kids so tech-savvy they’ll probably code their homework into…
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Christ In Collard Greens
What if I say the wrong thing? What if I don’t have all the answers? I just need another class or maybe I can read a book that will give me the 7 steps to do this. Have you ever heard anyone say something like this? I’m a pastor and this is the typical response…
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It Just Takes One
As we continue to walk through the book of Romans, we pause for four simple verses that are jam packed with power. If you’ve been in the church world for any length of time, I sure hope you’ve at least heard part of this. Here are the verses on which we’re focusing this week. I…
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Outreach Doesn’t Work
If you’re a church going person then this will likely hit you hard. You probably won’t like these words. And there’s a chance you might be put off by some of what I’m about to say. That doesn’t change it from being true however. Not liking getting a speeding ticket doesn’t make it so I…
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Losing Ground
Hold the line! I can hear this echoed in movie after movie. Whether Braveheart or one of the Marvel movies, hold the line is a reference to battle where everyone stays put and does not let anything through. Hold the line can by and large be seen as a defensive methodology. But simply holding the…
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Church With No Walls
What would it look like if the church lost its walls? What would it look like if there was no boundary holding the church back? What woudl happen if one day God just knocked down our walls of fear and separation and released us into the world? Well…welcome to 2020! The current reality of the…
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How Selfish Are You Really?
It’s rare that I’ll post something on a Sunday but I found this quote that really got me thinking. I could have scheduled it to post at a later time but this one just had to be put out there. My normal Sunday morning routine typically involves getting to my office well before anyone else…