This week’s book of the week is D. A. Carson’s Becoming Conversant with the Emergent Church. The emerging church is a relatively new movement in church world. What’s hard about this movement is that there is a wide spectrum of people who are categorized as emergent. I know of “emergent” church leaders who keep the gospel at the center and …
This week’s book of the week is Firefall written by Alvin Reid and Malcom McDow. This book is a great commentary on the movement of the church over the last two centuries. It highlights revivals that spread when God’s people sought his power to come and change their land. Top 5 Thoughts: “Revival is God’s invitation into the lives of …
This book of the week is none other than John Mark Terry’s Evangelism: A Concise History. This book hits some of the greatest evangelists and the greatest evangelistic efforts since the beginning of the church. It’s one of those books that gets you excited about what God has done and what we can anticipate him doing again! Top 5 Thoughts: …
I’m starting a new feature on my blog this week: the book of the week. If Oprah has a book club, why can’t I? Each week, I will post a book I am reading or have read recently and give you the top 5 thoughts from the book. You might even want to check it out. This week’s book of …
Well, we are deep in the studio now. North Side’s praise band is working hard on recording a CD that will be released in September. Things are shaping up, and I am going to give you some video clips periodically of our work. This first video is me being ridiculous listening to building the track, “Let God Arise.” What you …
September is nearing soon. What does that mean for me? I’ve got to get my class notes finished! I will be teaching Religion 101 at Lander University in the Fall. The last I heard we have a full class! The class title, “Sacred Texts and Ideas,” is a difficult course to tackle. But I am enjoying the challenge. The textbook …
We have been having a lot of conversations around the office about our missions strategy as a church. Our church focuses on three environments: worship, community, and missions. Worship is how we live pleasing to God. Community is how we love other believers and build each other up. Mission is to seek and to save those that don’t have a …
I recently read a book by William Chadwick called, Stealing Sheep. Here’s my review: Introduction In Stealing Sheep, William Chadwick addresses the discreet yet volatile dangers of transfer growth within churches. Chadwick has served as pastor in different churches, and he currently pastors Stroudwater Christian Church in Portland. As a pastor, he personally witnessed and actually initiated change within churches …
The people of America are becoming more and more spiritual. On one side, it is more acceptable to believe in a higher being and to adhere to certain spiritual practices. The other side of the spectrum is the backlash against anything remotely absolute. They don’t want anyone to tell them they have to believe a certain way or that only …
George Barna, author of Marketing the Church, is the founder and president of the Barna Research Group. The Barna Research Group specializes in research concerning the state of the church and the culture in which the church attempts to impact. In addition to writing Marketing the Church, Barna has authored many other books concerning church health and the culture’s perception …
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