A Jew, A Muslim, and A Christian Walk Into a Drinking Establishment…
…and no one can tell which is which. Sunday morning, a guy claiming to be saving more lives by his actions shot and killed Dr. George Tiller “The Baby Killer,” who has performed over 60,000 late term abortions in his career (that’s 60,000 fetuses destroyed at 22-40 weeks in which...
How Wild Should We Be In Worship?
I was having a conversation with a friend of mine yesterday who plays guitar for another friend who travels and leads worship all over the US. Among other things, we discussed how difficult it is to go from from one crowd worshippers you practically have to calm down between songs...
Discussing Leadership vs Discipleship
I want you to understand what I’m talking about when I say leadership development in the church should be discipleship development. If you pour into someone and that person becomes a great leader, wonderful. But all you have is a great leader. You pour into someone and that person becomes...
Leadership = Discipleship?
At least that is how I look at it from the filter of church work. I’ve been reading all these books on leadership geared towards leaders in the “secular” sector and can’t help but wonder if all the church leaders out there trying to apply the same principles aren’t completely...
A Lesson From Dentyne
Church Marketing Sucks beat me to the punch but I love the ad campaign so much I thought a re-post could do some good. What am I talking about? The new Dentyne ad campaign encourages more “face time” and uses the modern connectivity of social media as the metaphor. Their...
The Saddest Thing I’ve Ever Seen
Yesterday, a friend of mine gave me tour of a church where he’s an interim worship pastor for a couple months. On the surface, I would have thought he’d be out of his mind not to take the job full-time. 700,000 square foot facilities with state of the art everything....
Whatever Happened to Apologetics?
Maybe it is because I like to be right. Maybe it is because I like to argue. But I think the principal behind James 1:2-4 is still pretty important. Can you defend your faith? John Piper wrote in his book God Is the Gospel: If you could have heaven, with...
What is twittrchurch?
It is the church I started. That’s right, I started a church…sort of. A fake church. Fake as in no building or staff or bi-laws or benevolence policy or anything typically associated with church. It is 24/7…as in my phone and the internet are always on. It is just me and my encouragement to...
God is Indeed God
I’m reading through the Bible with my sons. It may take 20 years at our pace but I’m determined to get read it to them every night until we are done. The good ole OT is difficult at times and they lose interest fast. I do my best to keep them interested...
Performance vs. Worship: PART I
A comment on a previous post the other day prompted me try and tackle this subject (as if I have all the answers). I’ve wrestled with this question on a number of occasions to almost always find myself right back where I started. It is both. Why do i feel...