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July 13, 2014
Surrender is the first step in change
Surrender is the most important step to transitioning the church or ministry you are leading. Jesus said that it is better for Him to go so the Holy Spirit could be sent. If the Holy Spirit is better to have here on earth, have you surrendered to the Spirit? Is He leading you and guiding […]
Surrender is the most important step to transitioning the...
Surrender is the most important step to transitioning the church or ministry you are leading. Jesus said that it is better for Him to go so the Holy Spirit could be sent. If the Holy Spirit is better to have here on earth, have you surrendered to the Spirit? Is He leading you and guiding […]
July 12, 2014
Spiritual, but not religious
What is most important to understand about the average none is that most are not atheists. In truth, most still believe in God, and many pray on a daily basis. They consider themselves spiritual, or at least open to spirituality. The real mark of a none is not the rejection of God but the rejection […]
July 10, 2014
Who are the “Nones”?
Now that we’ve documented the nones as the fastest-growing and now third-largest religious constituency in the United States—constituting one of every five Americans—who are they? Studies reveal that they are not made up of seekers who are looking for a spiritual home but simply haven’t found it yet (more on that later). Nor are they […]
Numerical growth can never substitute for spiritual health
When churches settle into extended periods of decline, they sometimes adopt a defensive rhetoric that touts spiritual growth or spiritual health over numerical growth. Such false dichotomy often masks a tragic loss of vision, a lapse into spiritual sloth, and even defeat. Numerical growth can never substitute for spiritual health and may even cloak spiritual […]
When churches settle into extended periods of decline, th...
When churches settle into extended periods of decline, they sometimes adopt a defensive rhetoric that touts spiritual growth or spiritual health over numerical growth. Such false dichotomy often masks a tragic loss of vision, a lapse into spiritual sloth, and even defeat. Numerical growth can never substitute for spiritual health and may even cloak spiritual […]
July 9, 2014
The High Price of Change
An excerpt from Transitioning the Church, by Zach Williams: Whether we like it or not, the community we serve is always in a state of transition. So our churches should also be in a constant state of transition. Is it worth it? This one question will arise in your head each and every day as […]
July 5, 2014
What is a disciple?
One of the oddest things about church life is that we have no good way of measuring how well we are doing what Jesus told us to do. It’s not as though we don’t know how to count or are unwilling to count. We count almost everything. My denomination, for example, can cite reams of […]
July 3, 2014
What is great teaching?
This book is about becoming a better teacher, so maybe we should define our terms. Just what is “good teaching”? Some define good teaching as deep teaching. (I’m still waiting for someone to tell me that one of my lessons was deep.) People often use the word “deep” to describe teaching that is hard to […]
July 1, 2014
What is the point of teaching?
Soon after he began teaching, my friend Ken Woods asked me, “How much time should I spend preparing to teach my lesson?” My answer was on target, as far as it went: “That isn’t really the point, Ken. The point is not what you do at home—it’s what you do in class. We all have […]
