Be The Church Or Make Way For Something Else

Great read for those of us in leadership positions of churches. Enjoy! Be The Church Or Make Way For Something Else Christ is not found in our institutions, he is found in the church. In people who love Jesus, love each other and gather together regularly. Karl Vaters Why does the church exist? It’s not to

What “Living Biblically” says about religion and culture today

Great read by Dr. Jim Denison. Enjoy. Television is producing more shows with religious themes, as the sitcom Living Biblically illustrates. The show depicts a lapsed Catholic who is married to an atheist and decides to live by the literal commands of Scripture with the help of a Jewish rabbi and a Catholic priest. I found it

First Baptist Sutherland Springs

As I write this morning, I feel so helpless as a pastor in the light of another senseless act of violence at FBC Sutherland Springs. But that in itself is a worldly mindset. The truth is that I can do something. I can stand in the gap prayerfully and make sure that I keep my

500 Years of Reformation

Today’s post comes from Dr. Jim Denison’s Forum: Nine hundred million Protestants the world over are remembering an event that was far more obscure at the time but soon changed the world. On October 31, 1517, an unknown monk in a small village nailed a document to the door of the town church. I’ve seen

Do you need Assurance? To Believe or not to Believe…

When it comes to your faith, all of need some assurance that what we say we believe in is the real thing.  Everyone believes in something. You must believe in something in order to survive in this life. When you go to sleep at night, you believe you will wake up in the morning. Nothing

Assurance Sermon Series

Today, as I write this post, I am reminded of the great gift God has bestowed upon us-assurance. We are allowed to live out our life in assurance. We can know who Jesus is and who we are in Him. This aspect of the Christian walk can transform our being. We no longer have to be

Leading a Church of Less Than 100

Are You on Track if You Lead a Church of Less Than 100? Most of the time church planting is a long, hard slog. Ed Stetzer I came across this article and really thought of this as reality. I lead a church of 80 or so at the beginning stages of year 2. I sometimes

Climb that Mountain

Psalm 24:3-4: 3 Who may ascend the mountain of the Lord? Who may stand in his holy place? 4 The one who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not trust in an idol or swear by a false god. The mountain of God, at first glance, seems unclimbable. I read that the only one that can stand or