Do We Treat Salvation Now as an Event Too?
The U.S. comprises around 5% of the world’s population but consumes roughly 33% of its goods and services. To accommodate our consumer culture, pastors have
January 18, 2017
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The U.S. comprises around 5% of the world’s population but consumes roughly 33% of its goods and services. To accommodate our consumer culture, pastors have
Part 2 (of 2) Once your church finds itself on the event hamster wheel, it’s extremely difficult to jump off. An event mentality conditions pastors
Part 3 of 3 In the first 2 parts of our discussion of discipleship, we learned that few churches are willing to challenge members to
Part 1 of 3 Over the past two weeks we’ve wondered out loud why so few pastors are willing to challenge churchgoers to live out
Admit it – on a weekday at some point somewhere, you were driving by church after church with 1 or 2 cars in the parking
In our last post, we considered which should come first, church engagement or discipleship? In other words, is routing believers and non-believers alike through church
In addition to the internal impediments to discipleship we discussed last week, there are cultural norms making it difficult for churches in America to build
What is more important than growing men in their relationships with the Lord? That is what Jesus spent nearly all of His time doing. God
In 1999, on a drive home to Atlanta from Jacksonville, the consultant in me wondered whether the burgeoning Internet could provide answers to a question
In our last blog post, we debated how the Lord views the importance of behavioral change after accepting Christ as Savior. Since we are saved
Throughout that process, I wondered why the Church in America seemed to be struggling – in growth, impact, influence and public perception. Being a consultant, I couldn’t help but look closer – and what I discovered was shocking. The modern American church model doesn’t align with the most fundamental principle of successful organizations – nor Biblical mandates. There is a flawed assumption underlying nearly every decision churches make today and we believe it’s the root cause for the Church’s decline…
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