Being The Church Isn’t Enough: 11 Reasons We Also Need To Go
The church is God’s people gathered and God’s people sent. The gathering (going to church) matters just as much as the sending (being the church).
The church is God’s people gathered and God’s people sent. The gathering (going to church) matters just as much as the sending (being the church).
Disciples are in the abiding business, not the fruit-production business. Fruit, in the end, is not our responsibility; it’s the Father’s.
Numbers are not the only way to determine church health. In many situations, they’re not even the best way.
I not have the right to treat any other human being badly, I have an extra obligation not to pile on to someone who’s already receiving so much hurtful attention. No amount of adulation or money can balance that ledger in a person’s heart.
Live for Jesus. Get that right and you get everything right.
Jesus didn’t call us to be unique, he called us to be faithful. And simple faithfulness from a loving pastor may be what churches need now more than ever.
Church members aren’t looking for super-pastors, they want basic pastoral competence, honesty and leadership. That’s what they ought to expect.
Most of the world’s celebrated victories happened in one simple, yet brutal way – the winner was better at killing than the loser was. Death wins. As long as it’s your death, not mine. One of the many reasons I follow Jesus is that his victory on the cross was different from that. In fact …
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By far, the most prevalent expression of the church throughout history is the small congregation. We do small church a lot. But we don’t always do small church well.
There are some pastors whose names are known by thousands, even millions of people. But that’s not the case with most pastors. Today I want to tell you about one pastor whose life and ministry may have seemed plain and average, even a failure to some people, but who was actually one of the most …
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