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October 2021

October 28, 2021

Church Growth

When does a group of believers become a ‘church’?

October 27, 2021

What Makes a Church Toxic?

Toxins work their way into the church seemingly without effort.

September 2020

September 09, 2020

Pastor Steven Furtick and Evangelical Heresy: Is Almost True Good Enough For The Gospel?

I read recently an article from Life Way Research that said we now live in...

February 2017

February 10, 2017

The Church’s Responsibility to Support Marriage

Since any church’s goal should be to serve the spiritual needs of its members and...

June 2016

June 08, 2016

A New Model for 21st Century Missions: an Introduction

by Gary Edmonds In Matthew 28:19, Jesus left his followers with this command: ”Go and...

December 2015

December 09, 2015

Happy New Year!

by Peter Leithart Human beings are temporal creatures, but our experience of time isn’t merely...

July 2015

July 28, 2015

Witness

Whatever the appearances and however long it may take, in the end the world belongs...

July 02, 2015

Gaining by Losing

by JD Greear I sat at a table with our four church-planters-in-residence for the year,...

June 2015

June 17, 2015

​5 Sure Signs of a Dying Church

Nights of prayer and worship are often replaced with Bingo and fund raisers. We’re in...

June 11, 2015

Holding Onto Unforgiveness Against Others in the Church

by Greg Gordon Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but...

June 05, 2015

Preach as a Dying Man to Dying Men

by Shane Idleman In a recent sermon I confessed to my congregation that I’m not...

May 2015

May 08, 2015

On Mother’s Day, Don’t Forget Fatherhood

we see this logic play out Sunday by Sunday in a slightly different context: mom...

April 2015

April 10, 2015

What Do You Do If You’re Being Financially Bullied At Your Church?

Warren Throckmorton recently did a series of posts regarding the alleged bullying tactics of Faith...

March 2015

March 13, 2015

The Completely Lopsided Covenant of Giving

by Mike Holmes Most people use the term “covenant” and “testament” interchangeably. They’ll say things...

February 2015

February 13, 2015

3 Biblical and Data Driven Reasons People Are Giving Less

Ellen Painter Dollar recently shared her struggles with tithing. According to her, when she was...

January 2015

January 26, 2015

Crowdsourcing and the Church – Application

In this series of articles we have developed a proper understanding of what crowdsourcing is...

January 23, 2015

On Whose Authority Do We Crowdsource?

We have seen how businesses and organizations such as Wikipedia, Quirky.com, Threadless.com, and even the...

January 22, 2015

We Do Better Than Me

In the previous article, we briefly discussed how diverse groups of problem solvers are being...

January 21, 2015

Crowdsourcing and the Church

Crowdsourcing is the popular term for what is more commonly known in academia as distributed...

December 2014

December 02, 2014

Against the Church Abandonment Manifesto

  We've seen it before: the "I'm leaving Church but I still believe in Jesus"...

October 2014

October 14, 2014

How Do I Know I’m a Christian? (Part 1)

  A conversation has been developing across the Patheos Evangelical Channel regarding soteriology (that is,...

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