Danish church makes outrageous demand: It's pastor must believe in God
“Europeans have become accustomed to the idea that the church is a public service in line with your telephone company or power plant.”Danish Church Seeks Dinosaur
View ArticleTexas Church to Host Handgun License Class
“It’ll make people feel more secure about where they are, and hopefully the more people get the license the safer we’ll all be”
View ArticleBook Review - The Great Evangelical Recession
Great Evangelical Recession, The: 6 Factors That Will Crash the American Church…and How to Prepareby John S. Dickerson Baker Books 2013 Paperback, 256 pp.The sands are shifting. The times are changing....
View ArticleWhat Does "Unworthily" Mean?
Chris Anderson and friends recently launched a new blog at ChurchWorksMedia.com. Starting today, the blog will appear in our SI Blogroll. To mark the occasion, we commend the article below as a sample...
View ArticleTrusting the True Shepherd
You don’t have to spend much time in the Christian blogosphere before you encounter the stories of those who have been hurt by the Church. These first-person narratives are often raw and...
View ArticleBook Review - Deep and Wide by Andy Stanley (part 1)
Deep & Wide: Creating Churches Unchurched People Love to Attendby Andy Stanley Zondervan 2012 Hardcover, 352 pp.A couple of pastor friends of mine encouraged me to read Deep and Wide by Andy...
View ArticleBook Review - Deep and Wide by Andy Stanley (Part 2)
Deep & Wide: Creating Churches Unchurched People Love to Attendby Andy Stanley Zondervan 2012 Hardcover, 352 pp.Continued from Part 1 Rules of EngagementToward the end of the book, Andy Stanley...
View ArticleMinistry Conflict of Interest
Reprinted with permission from Baptist Bulletin May/Jun 2013. All rights reserved.As a church leader, you are asked to counsel a man in your church who is having marital problems. In your first...
View Article"[T]he clown troupe often performed 'dramatic skits' during the morning...
“The above true story is exhibit A of what Michael Horton describes as a ‘greasy familiarity’ with which modern-day Christians approach God.” Where Circus and Church Meet: A Plea for the Recovery of...
View Article"Challenging new ministry situations are on the horizon"
“‘Believers must continue to love and serve those with whom they disagree,’ Akin said.”Gay marriage rulings: “new ministry situations on horizon,” seminary scholars project
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