You’ve written a mission statement reflecting your calling. Your vision statement clearly reflects that calling to “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.” But week after week, gig after gig your audience is composed of church folks who … Continue Reading
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Church Life
Modern-Day Worship – Some Thoughts
When did CCM (contemporary Christian music) songs from Billboard’s Top 30 charts become substitutes for intimate worship songs in our services? It seems the more relevant local churches try to become to their neighborhoods and members, the more compromise we find in the one area most people identify with: the music. Anymore there’s no continuity … Continue Reading
The Holiness of God
How many times have you been in a church service where the pastor or staff person said from the stage “let’s give it up for God” or some similar exhortation? It’s as though every time someone takes the stage they feel compelled to ask for a “clap offering” from the congregation before they can speak … Continue Reading