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February 4, 2015
Andy Stanley: why small groups don’t work at most churches
Andy spells this out in his excellent book, Creating Community: Five Keys to Building a Small Group Culture: Whenever I talk to senior pastors about their small-group ministries, I always ask about their personal small-group experience. The majority of the time—and I mean the vast majority of the time—it turns out that the pastor is […]
February 3, 2015
9 Steps to Wisdom
Pulpit-Press is pleased to announce the release of our latest book: Wise Up! A 12-week study of the Proverbs. Here is an excerpt: There is an old story of a young manager who asked his boss, “What is the key to wise management?” The boss replied, “Good decisions.” The young man asked, “And how do […]
January 31, 2015
The secret sauce of the nation’s largest church
The secret sauce of the nation’s largest church Support for my latest book has been really strong–hitting #1 in the Amazon’s church growth category this last week. This year’s top 100 edition was especially encouraging to me because a church that I have been following for a long time made it to the top of […]
January 30, 2015
How to Get Wisdom
Pulpit-Press is pleased to announce the release of our latest book: Wise Up! A 12-week study of the Proverbs. Here is an excerpt: We begin the process of obtaining wisdom simply by acknowledging the fact that we don’t have it—and that we won’t get it if we don’t work for it. We begin by realizing […]
January 29, 2015
Rooted
Pulpit-Press is pleased to announce the release of our latest book: Rooted, by Brad Whitt. God’s desire for His people is clear: So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness. […]
How are we to think about the top-100 churches?
How Andy Stanley and a whole generation of churches are exploding with doubling groups and the power of hospitality. How are we to respond to this last group of churches? How is it that a handful of outliers are able to explode in growth where most churches decline? If everyone was plateaued or declining, we […]
January 28, 2015
Wise Up!
Pulpit-Press is pleased to announce the release of our latest book: Wise Up! A 12-week study of the Proverbs. Here is an excerpt: Author Max Lucado tells the story of a wise woodcutter who once lived in a small village. Although the man was poor, he owned a beautiful white horse, and everyone who saw […]
January 27, 2015
How is the church doing?
How is the church doing? How Andy Stanley and a whole generation of churches are exploding with doubling groups and the power of hospitality. I attended my nephew’s wedding the other day. At the rehearsal dinner, I was asked a question I have been asked many times over the years: how is the church doing […]
January 22, 2015
A caterpillar can teach us about spiritual growth
Scientists call a caterpillar an eating machine. Some caterpillars consume 27,000 times their body weight during this life phase. Caterpillars increase their body mass by as much as 1,000 times or more. Imagine if a baby did this. A typical eight pound baby would grow to four tons! Caterpillars do this in about a week. […]
January 15, 2015
Wise Up!
Pulpit-Press is pleased to announce the release of our latest book: Wise Up! A 12-week study of the Proverbs Wise Up! is written by Steve Reynolds. Steve is the pastor of Capital Baptist Church near Washington, D.C. He is also the author of Bod4God and creator of a popular church-based health program called Losing to […]
