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Want to Be Like Jesus? Show Up in Person
We debate what Jesus would say or do if he was walking the earth today. But no honest reader of the Bible can doubt he would be with people.
De-Sizing the Church (pt 2): Why Christian Celebrity Culture Guarantees Moral Failure, with Katelyn Beaty (Ep 070)
Celebrity is dangerous. But it’s also very appealing. This is the toxic combination that Katelyn Beaty addresses so well.
De-sizing The Church: Resisting Celebrity
“Humans were not fashioned by God for celebrity. We can’t take it, I’m telling you. It’s too much.” (Beth Moore)
De-Sizing the Church (pt 1): How Church Growth Became a Science, Then an Obsession, and What’s Next, with Karl Vaters (Ep 069)
Why are we obsessed with bigness in the church? This is the first episode of our De-sizing the Church series, addressing that question.
De-sizing The Church: When Numbers Define Us
The idea of a church constantly getting bigger began as an outlier. Then it became a goal. Now it is the standard.
When Church Growth Is The Drug Of Choice
Christian ministry, as a vocation, is inherently susceptible to the subtle but powerful forces of consumerism, celebrityism, and narcissism.
What’s So Good About Good Friday—And How It Makes Jesus’ Victory So Different
Jesus took on death willingly, to defeat it permanently.
How a Small Church Can Be a Sending Church
We don’t need to grow numerically to be a better sending church. We need to grow in our love for Christ and the nations.
The Small Church Worship Advantage, with Teresa Stewart (Ep 068)
Did you know there are tools specifically for crafting worship in small settings? To find them we need to turn to an old source—aesthetics.
