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I'm preaching this sermon tomorrow, August 16, 2009. The Future of Our Faith concludes this 8-part series titled, Seven Cultural Challenges Every Church Faces. The preceding seven sermons are: * Secularism: Why Don't People Go To Church Anymore? * Pluralism: Why Doesn't Everybody Believe Like We
Community
Here's the sermon I'm preaching tomorrow. It's the sixth in the series, "Seven Cultural Challenges Every Church Faces." I hope your day is wonderful! Seven Cultural Challenges Every Church Faces #6 -- Criticism: Why Don't They Like Us Anymore? Matthew
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Les Puryear posted an interesting list of small church distinctives this week. His list got me to thinking about the possible differences in "old" small churches and "new" small churches. By "old" I mean what we typically think of as a small church whether
Christian history
I am about to break an unwritten rule in Baptist life. Granted, it won't be my first transgression, and probably not my last, but this one is becoming more important to me the longer I'm in ministry. We need a creed. There, I said it! We
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Both General Motors and Chrysler have announced that up to 25% of their dealerships will not have their franchises renewed. Reasons cited were: 1. Some dealers did not carry the full brand lineup. Chrysler wants dealers who carry their entire line from trucks to cars to Jeeps. 2. Some dealers
John
This is the sermon I'm preaching tomorrow, Sunday, May 3, 2009. I hope your day is a wonderful one! The Difference Between the Good Shepherd and the Hired Hand John 10:11-18 11"I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the
Ephesians
Here's the sermon I'm preaching tomorrow, Sunday, March 22, 2009, on this fourth Sunday of Lent. I hope your day is a wonderful Lord's Day! We Are What He Has Made Us Ephesians 2:1-10 1As for you, you were dead in your transgressions
Creativity
"People today are going to stay connected forever," says Jeff Jarvis. Jarvis, journalism professor and author of What Would Google Do? made that observation in a talk to Google employees recently. Jarvis's point is that Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, Plaxo, FriendFeed, Twitter, Flickr, and a host of
Congregation
This is my 500th post here at Confessions of a Small-Church Pastor! Amazing, isn't it? I had no idea in December, 2006, that this blog would still be going strong over two years later. But here we are and you're the reason for it. Your words
1 Corinthians
Everything Is Changing! 1 Corinthians 7:29-3129What I mean, brothers, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they had none; 30those who mourn, as if they did not; those who are happy, as if they were not; those who buy
Community
I'm starting to get into Facebook. Debbie and I have connected with old friends, our own family, former church members, and lots of new "friends" that we would not have met anywhere else. As experienced Facebookers know, not only can you find friends online, but you
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A friend of mine sent me Seth Godin's new book, Tribes . All Godin's books pack lots of new thinking between their small covers. I'll post more about it after I'm finished, but already I've run across these gems: * "A