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April 2020

April 15, 2020

For God’s Sake — Shorten Your Sermon

Your church service is a TV show now. You need to tighten things up if...

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.

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...

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...

January 2019

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...

December 2018

December 10, 2018

Dying Churches – a Solution?

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

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?

March 2016

March 07, 2016

Why is church attendance declining – even among committed Christians?

It's not merely nominal Christians who are putting aside weekly worship: fervent believers are becoming...

January 2016

January 13, 2016

Men’s ministry is pointless

...unless you get one thing right first.

January 05, 2016

Is modern worship too entertaining?

The church has been in the entertainment business for almost 1700 years.

November 2015

November 16, 2015

Is it a sin to use a smartphone in church?

There have always been distractions in church. The smartphone is the most potent distraction yet.

October 2015

October 29, 2015

How to worship out of your mind

Humans have five senses. Why do we use just one when we worship?

October 21, 2015

Should women be church elders?

By focusing on whether women should preach we miss a much more important gender related...

October 14, 2015

Should men’s gatherings have singing?

In the past few years more and more men’s meetings have ditched the singing —...

June 2015

June 23, 2015

Fight church serves MMA community (video)

Are MMA and Christianity compatible? Watch this video before you decide.

June 18, 2015

Black church triples in size by focusing on men

In the past five years the church has exploded. Instead of five reliable men, Kirkland...

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...

May 2015

May 12, 2015

The church I would plant (part two)

If I were planting a church it would look nothing like the model we know...

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...

March 2015

March 11, 2015

Has this book changed your church/ministry?

Have you read "Why Men Hate Going to Church"? Has it borne fruit in your...

March 03, 2015

Why churches are stage-driven

Most churches program a series of low-risk, stage-driven activities such as worship services, classes and...

February 2015

February 10, 2015

Preaching to fill time

Many a time I’ve heard a pastor make a powerful, life-changing point. I’ve thought to...

February 03, 2015

The altar girl controversy

Star of the Sea parish in San Francisco recently pulled the plug on its 20-year-long...

January 2015

January 28, 2015

Will individualism kill corporate worship?

If we come together to do our own thing, why even come together?

October 2014

October 28, 2014

Why holiday services bore men to death

The typical Christmas/Easter/Mother’s Day lineup all but guarantees that men will find nothing compelling during...