MIntheGap posted something today that has helped me identify part of my problem. He writes about two errors that many Christians make today as highlighted by Scott Buchanan in his article Indifferentism vs. Everythingism: Stay in the Middle of the Road. First, let’s get some definitions out of the way: Indifferentism is the error of [...]

Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and go do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive. I’m reading a new book, a very short one, called Dare to Desire by John Eldredge. Oh. My. Goodness. It’s phenomenal! The things that John is [...]

The more I read in Velvet Elvis, the more I see of myself: I just couldn’t do it anymore. People were asking me to write articles and books on how to grow a progressive young church, and I wasn’t even sure I was a Christian anymore. I didn’t even know if I wanted to be [...]

Most of you know that I’m just coming out of the throes of a crisis of faith (short lived as it was). One of the things I realized during this time was that it wasn’t God I was trying to turn my back on (though it seemed it would be much simpler to do so)–it [...]

My friend Jeanie is an amazing woman. She always has the most perceptive insight and an innate ability to practically apply everyday life to Scriptural truth. Today she wrote about something that I really needed to hear. “It occurred to me one day that though I often worry about whether or not I sense the [...]

Find out. It’s interesting to me that the one part that stuck out the most to me isn’t exactly what the article is about: Be encouraged when you observe yourself fighting against pride. That is God’s Holy Spirit working! I had never thought of struggling in this light. When I struggle with a sin or [...]

I managed to have a quiet time with God this morning. In doing so, I read the first two chapters of James. I nearly laughed at loud when I read verses 3 and 4: “…you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature [...]

At my church, we’re going through these classes called Life Journey Classes. They’re divided into five 3 hour sessions: Rescue 101 – My commitment to Jesus… Jesus came, “To Save what was Lost.” – Luke 19:10 “Whoever enters through Me (Jesus) will be Saved.” – John 10:9 Connect 201 – My commitment to my local church [...]

Interrogate the Legalist Within:  Pause for a moment and remember. Remember where you were, and what it was like … that moment when you understood the cross for the first time … when you really grasped what happened at Calvary, and what it truly means that Christ died for your sins, what it truly means [...]

Mister Rogers had it right. He understood “what many of us have forgotten in our culture today, namely, the importance of building community in our neighborhood.” What are you doing to invest into the lives of those in your neighborhood?  How are you building community with believers and initiating ministry with unbelievers?  It’s convicting for [...]