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July 2020

July 15, 2020

Post-COVID Slump: Is it Just a Flesh Wound?

Since the lockdowns, churches have had three of their four "limbs" hacked off. All we...

January 2020

January 13, 2020

Worship Leader Accused of Playing Well-Known Song

A worship leader has apologized after accidentally playing a song the congregation already knew.

December 2019

December 30, 2019

Flame-throwers in Church? How Much Stagecraft is too Much?

Have we reached peak stagecraft? At what point do our showy, manmade contrivances overwhelm the...

November 2019

November 22, 2019

The Future of Worship: Virtual and Private

Christians can have the world's best preaching and worship piped directly into their eyes and...

November 16, 2019

The One Thing that MUST be on your Church’s Home Page

Many church web sites hide this vital information under a basket - making it hard...

August 2019

August 19, 2019

Pastor: How to Feed Your Flock Every Day

Pastor, what if there was a way to triple the number of people in your...

July 2019

July 29, 2019

New Members’ Class: Tell Men the Truth

We need to tell men the truth about church membership. The good, the bad and...

July 23, 2019

How the New Members’ Class Sets Men Up to Fail

There are legions of former churchgoers who have fallen away — not because they’ve lost...

July 15, 2019

Are Evangelicals Just as Messed Up as Non-Believers?

Those who actually practice their faith have much healthier personal lives than those who simply...

June 2019

June 12, 2019

Five Reasons Churches Correct Men and Coddle Women

"The women in my group indulged, affirmed, and sympathized with one another. I was taught...

May 2019

May 28, 2019

A Man’s Perspective on Leggings

Men have admitted a weakness. They've asked for help. But instead of compassion, their request...

April 2019

April 14, 2019

Will Livestreaming Kill the Local Church?

It's much easier to watch church than go to church.

March 2019

March 30, 2019

Where did the Call-to-Repentance Songs Go?

It’s easy to tell God how wonderful he is. It's hard to hear how depraved...

February 2019

February 28, 2019

Conservative Methodists Gracious in Victory

Conservatives are demonstrating the grace of Jesus to those with whom they disagree.

February 05, 2019

Millennial Christians Queasy about Conversion

New research from Barna finds that almost half of practicing, born-again Millennial Christians are uncomfortable...

January 2019

January 29, 2019

Why We Despise Cutting-Edge Churches

Today, a number of cutting-edge churches are leading the culture in terms of technology, artistry...

January 25, 2019

Will Multi-Site Churches Replace Denominations?

Just as our modern denominations replaced the colonial ones (Quaker, Anabaptist, Puritan, etc.) multi-site megachurches...

January 15, 2019

The Book that Led to a Baby Bust in the Church

Joshua Harris has taken a rare step for a pastor and author: he’s admitted he...

January 06, 2019

Should Pastors Preach Each Others’ Sermons?

The men who wrote the Bible borrowed heavily from each other. Why can't our pastors...

December 2018

December 19, 2018

How to Get People to Watch Your Sermons Online

Pastors, you can’t simply post your 40-minute sermon to the internet and expect people to...

December 17, 2018

Pastor to Melt Jewelry into Golden Vagina

If her goal is to start a sexual revolution in the church, she's going about...

December 10, 2018

Dying Churches – a Solution?

Two churches. One has a building but no people. The other has people but no...

December 04, 2018

Why the Religious Right and Left Will Never Agree

Traditionalists appeal to the rules. Progressives appeal to relationships.

November 2018

November 17, 2018

Jesus Called Out Sinners. Should We?

Is it unChristlike to publicly shame the unrepentant?

October 2018

October 29, 2018

I worship in a television studio

The worship spaces we build today are dark, cavernous rooms designed to capture sound and...

October 21, 2018

Why seeker-friendly churches are losing seekers

Most contemporary churches offer almost nothing of interest to a visitor during the first 30...

May 2016

May 05, 2016

There’s no such thing as church planting

Let me point out something that should be obvious: you can’t plant a church. All...

April 2016

April 27, 2016

Should churches use air conditioning?

If we spent less on our own comfort, could give more away?

April 19, 2016

Two questions every pastor should answer

Is God is using you - or are you are using God?

April 12, 2016

How to love your church again (in 15 minutes)

Are you sick of going to church? Bored? Burned out? Angry? Irritated? You're not alone.