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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 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...

July 2019

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...

April 2019

April 14, 2019

Will Livestreaming Kill the Local Church?

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

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...

December 2018

December 27, 2018

Why I Don’t Listen to Your Christian Podcast

The problem isn’t the content – it’s the way Christian podcasts present the material that...

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...

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...

April 2016

April 27, 2016

Should churches use air conditioning?

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

March 2016

March 30, 2016

Every man has a masculinity bank

The need to be manly is universal and buried deep – the product of a...

March 24, 2016

All crazy, all the time

What do Donald Trump and the prosperity gospel preachers have in common?

February 2016

February 10, 2016

Help me reinvent the men’s retreat (part 1 of 3)

I’m going to use my next three blog entries to lay out a plan for...

January 2016

January 13, 2016

Men’s ministry is pointless

...unless you get one thing right first.

November 2015

November 04, 2015

Why society cares less about men

Here are four reasons both men and women have a hard time perceiving male suffering....

October 2015

October 06, 2015

The Church’s Planned Parenthood moment

Planned Parenthood is under siege over government funding. The church will face a similar barrage...

June 2015

June 12, 2015

Why young Christian men choose radical Islam

There’s been much hand-wringing over ISIS’s success in recruiting young men from the West to...

April 2015

April 15, 2015

Why I’m not too excited about church planting

Is church planting really the best way to reach the world? Are non-Christians crying out...

April 08, 2015

Join me at the Reload Leadership Summit in November

There's no better way to expand the vision and reach of your ministry than to...

March 2015

March 24, 2015

Decorate your church with men in mind

The typical church is decorated grandma-style: Quilted banners and silk flower arrangements adorn church lobbies....

December 2014

December 16, 2014

Archery-based church targets men

What happens when you put an archery range inside an abandoned grocery store and call...

December 09, 2014

Stop telling me to fall in love with Jesus

When I think of my faith, I do not see it as a love affair....

November 2014

November 26, 2014

Thanksgiving vs. the outrage machine

The media is becoming one giant, seething outrage machine. It’s making it harder for us...

September 2014

September 16, 2014

How Christian radio poisons boys’ faith

As radio stations pursue middle age female listeners, they unwittingly set up young men to...