It’s not easy! If you’re the pastor of a church needing revitalization, you know better than most how difficult it can be to lead the church into healthy change. So many naturally see their own traditions and preferences as both godly and biblical. Unfortunately, so many good folk in the pews have had this fallacy enforced from the pulpit. And thus, we have so many … Continue reading How To Lead Change
On Saturday morning a group of innocent people arrived at their house of worship intending to practice their faith in peace. An evil and bigoted man took this opportunity to reign terror and violence upon an unsuspecting crowd. Pittsburgh was devastated. The Tree of Life Synagogue will never be the same. And our society has turned a corner into a dark yet familiar alley. Religious … Continue reading Now Worship is an Act of Bravery
Well, it’s been a while since we last posted a new episode to The Idea Talks podcast – but we are back and excited to announce that a new episode will be released on the last Monday of the month – every month. This episode is entitled: The Road to 100. How to grow a church from 20-100 in a timely way. After listening to … Continue reading The Idea Talks podcast is BACK!!!
Over the past few years the Lord has led me on a journey that brought great growth to my personal relationship with Jesus. Sadly, I had developed some poor theology relating to music that left me in bondage to tradition.[1] Christian music became a duty not a delight because I lived in fear of inadvertently displeasing God with a wrong selection.[2] So I set a … Continue reading The Book Every Independent Baptist Must Read
God has blessed our church in the past but I’ve never seen anything like this! Over the past few months we have seen God’s blessings poured out over our church as never before. I felt led to share with you a few of the blessings we are seeing right now! 1. Extreme Numerical Growth Over the past 9 years we have seen some measured growth … Continue reading Like I’ve Never Seen It Before
Idolatry is really a funny practice. Funny strange, not funny Ha Ha. If you take time to think about it… it’s pretty weird, right? The prophet Isaiah talked about this nearly 2700 years ago. Isaiah 44:8-17 Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any. They that make a graven image are all of them vanity…He heweth him down … Continue reading The Gods We Make
I love the Scriptures! After 23 years as a Christian, 11 of those as a pastor, I have grown more in love with the Bible each and every day. However, though all Scripture is inspired and profitable, I do have my favorites. Here’s my list: 12. The Foundation Verse II Timothy 3:16-17 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, … Continue reading My 12 Favorite Bible Verses
There is nothing in the Bible that says a church must have an additional service on Sunday evening. Though the Bible does say that the early church met every Sunday (Acts 20:7, I Cor. 16:2), it also seems to indicate that they often met every day (Acts 2:46-47, 5:42, 6:1). I believe the Bible has purposeful ambiguity in its description of how often the church … Continue reading Why Do We Have A Sunday Night Service?
