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2021-06-08T10:12:38-06:00

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4 Take-Aways From A Year Of Online Worship

Last updated on: June 8, 2021 at 10:12 am By C. Don Jones

The Pandemic introduced me and other reluctant clergy to Online Worship. We witnessed heroic efforts on the part of many clergy to learn over night how to record, edit, and stream something resembling worship. Seminaries did not and could not prepare us for it. We went online to learn how to do things online. Clergy experienced anguish, exhaustion, and our churches closing with a real possibility of never reopening. In short, we were tried and found faithful to our ministries. I... Read more

2021-06-03T12:31:03-06:00

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Addiction, Grace, And 3 Warnings

Last updated on: June 3, 2021 at 12:31 pm By C. Don Jones

Addiction is fashionable in churches. Congregations host Recovery meetings, have Celebrate Recovery ministries, and, because of the Opioid Crisis, hold overdose response training. I am glad there is interest. The absolute worst thing churches can do is ignore a problem. I am also grateful. Grace works one day at a time if it works at all. I have a few words of advice for churches considering these ministries. Addiction Is A Living Death The late Brennan Manning is known for... Read more

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2021-06-01T13:29:17-06:00

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3 Attitudes Are Killing American Churches

Last updated on: June 1, 2021 at 1:29 pm By C. Don Jones

The churches are not coming apart and failing because of beliefs. It is happening because of certain attitudes among believers. I have spent most of my adult life in pulpit ministry. I once believed orthodoxy was the primary need. Then I thought maybe the true enemy was fundamentalism. Attitude is highly valued in pop culture. It is also the annihilator of churches. I have three categories of attitudes that are destroying churches. Just for fun, I will use movies to... Read more

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2021-05-27T14:04:10-06:00

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Disciplining Christians

Last updated on: May 27, 2021 at 2:04 pm By C. Don Jones

Yes. You read that correctly. Disciplining instead of discipling. I had an experience with this concept some years ago when I was a Youth Minister in a congregation in North Carolina. We read a passage from the New Testament that says, “among them are Hymenaeus and Alexander whom I turned over to Satan, so that they may learn not to blaspheme.” (1 Timothy 1:20) The leader then discussed the context of the passage. But the youth group asked, “These two... Read more

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2021-05-25T09:56:41-06:00

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Offended Without Remorse!

Last updated on: May 25, 2021 at 9:56 am By C. Don Jones

Delicacy is the quality most feigned by obnoxious people. To claim, “I am offended,” gains the moral high ground. It does not matter if one is on the left or the right, religious or not, northern or southern. The belief that one’s own feelings should matter while those of other people do not is an evil trap. Practicing this belief is sinful. And it is socially acceptable if others agree. My experience of ministry demonstrates the sin of delicacy ruins... Read more

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2021-05-20T08:28:19-06:00

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The River To The Sea

Last updated on: May 20, 2021 at 8:28 am By C. Don Jones

The Sea of Galilee is a wide lake of the Jordan river. The Jordan flows toward the south to the lowest place on the Earth’s surface – The Dead Sea. It gets its name from the salt of the surrounding desert causing no life to survive within the lake. Some people say no birds fly over it because there is no fish to eat and no water to drink. When one views the Jordan from the south, it hardly looks... Read more

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2021-05-17T10:14:24-06:00

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5 Beliefs Of Progressive Christians

Last updated on: May 17, 2021 at 10:14 am By C. Don Jones

Why use the label “Progressive Christian?” C.S. Lewis argued that putting Christian beliefs alongside any other social goal eventually made it difficult to separate the two. Mere Christianity is the only goal of the believer. Yet, it is often provides the pitfall Lewis seeks to avoid. Can there be a Christianity without engaging the world? Is it easy then to argue an opponent’s goals are “worldly” while yours are “just basic Christian beliefs?” I propose today to explain 5 Christian beliefs... Read more

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2021-05-13T08:31:05-06:00

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Fragility Of The Social Fabric

Last updated on: May 13, 2021 at 8:31 am By C. Don Jones

There is more evidence of the fragility of the American social fabric. It is the same fragility of the American church. Once we start associating one too closely with the other we have a problem. Why? Christians do not make a distinction between the two in their minds. Fragile things are treated as precious. Unfortunately too many people do not believe it is worth it. Fragility And Faith The fragility of the social fabric is more emotional than actual. Consumerism,... Read more

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2021-05-10T06:35:42-06:00

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Fear And Social Meanness

Last updated on: May 10, 2021 at 6:35 am By C. Don Jones

The paradox of Fear and Social Meanness among Christians in the “Bible Belt” is frustrating to clergy. We hear how wonderful it is for Southern politicians to be unafraid of identifying as Christians. And we watch as these elected officials take the most reactionary actions against the benefit of our citizens. The past year we saw the “leaders” respond in fear and cynical brutality towards our neighbors. Politics Before People The Tennessee legislature put politics over people when it decided... Read more

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2021-05-06T05:47:29-06:00

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Faith Of A Child

Last updated on: May 6, 2021 at 5:47 am By C. Don Jones

Child-like faith is not the same as childish faith. There is a lot of that going around. Unfortunately, there is not enough of the other. Perhaps it is our own fault. We are too sophisticated. And we believe suspicion is our best protection. I am the suspicious type. The saying goes, “the burned child avoids the fire.” And I have been burned. Other times, I lit the fire by having barriers instead of boundaries. Jesus And Faith Jesus talks about... Read more

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