Did you know that nearly half of all church attenders are not born again Christians? And the majority of those who aren’t are long time loyal attenders of church. Do you know what that tells me? That tells me that it’s not doing us any good to get people into church. Just getting someone inside [...]

Why your church should get involved.

Willow Creek is a mega-church. No one can argue that they have influenced nearly every evangelical church in America with their business approach to ministry. To some, it’s probably a shock to hear Bill Hybels declare that their programs-based style of ministry was a mistake. To others, the declaration is no surprise – we’ve known [...]

I love nakedpastor. After recounting a story of a woman who was told by her pastor that she was fat because she didn’t submit to her husband, he says this:
The amount of subtle manipulation, judgement, criticism, condemnation and abuse that goes on in the name of religion is remarkable! And I’ll tell you why…
Anytime you [...]

I’m a fool. Truly, I am. I still have the “habit of religion” stuck in my soul. Proof positive of that was my reaction to the Driscoll video. I still think it’s funny, but I do see everyone’s point about a Rabbi teaching the OT.
I read this today, and it was like someone slapped me or [...]

For those of you who have ever felt oppressed or stifled in church, you’ll enjoy nakedpastor’s Church Visit.

Who in their right mind would actually cancel a funeral because the deceased was gay? That’s exactly what happened at High Point Church in Arlington, Texas.
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — A megachurch canceled a memorial service for a Navy veteran 24 hours before it was to start because the deceased was gay.
Officials at the nondenominational High [...]

There’s a church down the street from my apartment. My church doesn’t have a baptismal, so we use this other church’s facilities for our baptisms. I drove by it today, and the message on the sign stunned me. I was furious! What kind of Christ following people would have this message on their sign:
Members only.
Trespassers [...]

(Video HT: Brody)
I can’t decide if I want to strangle Mark Driscoll or cheer him on. He has a good point about men in the church – they aren’t really men (generally speaking). I’ve touched on this topic here (briefly). In a nutshell, it seems like this country doesn’t produce honest to goodness men anymore. And [...]

A few days ago I decided to email my post A Simpler Way to most of my friends and family (most of them either don’t know about this site or choose not visit it).
Apparantly, that was a mistake.
I got a phone call Saturday night from an old friend (we were best friends in high school [...]