A few weeks ago, I came across an excerpt from a sermon where the pastor at a church started “rebuking” members of the congregation for their various faults. That video has gone viral now and, as I write this, about 600 thousand people have seen it on Youtube. So Christianity Today asked a number of … Continue reading »
Posted in August 2013 …
Builder’s Remorse
Whenever I visit a church with a huge campus — or even a disco ball — I always remind my self that covetousness is a sin. A recent article by Ed Stetzer suggests I might not feel that way if I pastored the church meeting there. I think many churches are going to wish they … Continue reading »
Newsboys at Fusion Alaska 2013
On my other blog, I talk about last night’s Newsboys concert.
C. S. Lewis – Where to Start
Have you ever wondered what makes C. S. Lewis such a great writer? Or would you like to get started reading him? In this video, John Piper and Tim Keller talk about how to get started with Lewis: (Via.)
Boundaries in a Church
Ed Stetzer‘s been blogging about boundaries lately. I thought the fourth in the series was especially useful. He describes how he encouraged an “issue Christian” to move along and find a different church that better met his passions and beliefs. The principle at stake for the pastor is this: Your church is not a public … Continue reading »
Gallows Humor
People who are going through tough times apparently have better senses of humor than people who aren’t, according to the cartoon editor at the New Yorker: One of the ideas about humor is that it’s our way of coping with negative feelings. In a control study we found people who were primed with negative emotions, … Continue reading »
Seniors Love Social Media
People tell me they’re not on social media. It looks like they better get with the program, according to this Pew Center research: Although online seniors are less likely than other age groups to use social networking sites, adoption rates for those 65 and older have tripled in the last four years (from 13% in … Continue reading »
Tradition vs. Traditionalism
Here’s a good pair of definitions from Jaroslav Pelikan: Tradition is the living faith of the dead, traditionalism is the dead faith of the living. And, I suppose I should add, it is traditionalism that gives tradition such a bad name. Via.