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January 2018

January 08, 2018

5 Lessons I Learned From Visiting the Mega Church Down the Road

Recently I got to visit a mega church I had heard a lot about over...

January 03, 2018

An Unspiritual* Reason Why Your Church Might Not Grow This Year

If your church doesn't grow this year, it may have nothing to do with theology,...

December 2017

December 06, 2017

Pharaoh’s Dream and My Prophecy About American Christianity Seven Years From Now

What does an ancient dream interpretation from the book of Genesis have to do with...

November 2017

November 27, 2017

5 Power Boosters That Can Make Your Next Invitation to Church More Effective

Unchurched and dechurched people are more willing to come to church during the Christmas season...

October 2017

October 23, 2017

4 Myths About the Non-Believers Coming to Your Church

Non-believers are coming to your church every week. Do you see them? Don't buy into...

October 02, 2017

Don’t Stereotype the Senior Adults In Your Church (Two Surprising Things I Heard)

When you start having conversations with the senior adults about what they value and love...

September 2017

September 26, 2017

Hi, I’m Josh, and I’m Confused About the Holy Spirit

An honest mid-life assessment of what it's like to be a recovering Baptist, especially when...

September 14, 2017

A Dangerously Biblical Way to Look at Those on the Other Side

If you are ready for something different besides self-justified judgment and condemnation, try this biblical...

September 05, 2017

Fatal Flaws in the Nashville Statement on Sexuality and Gender

The Nashville Statement on sexuality and gender has drawn a line in the sand for...

August 2017

August 28, 2017

A Fundamentally Different Way to Look at Guests in Your Church

If you automatically think guests would come back every week if you could only get...

August 22, 2017

The 10 Commandments for Today’s First Pharisee Church

You have to work hard to be the kind of judgmental, hypocritical church that gives...

August 18, 2017

The Epidemic Destroying Marriages in Your Church and How You Can Fight Back

Whether you realize it or not, the porn epidemic is destroying marriages throughout your church....

August 14, 2017

The Surprisingly Simple Thing Guests Look For in Your Church and How You Can Create It

I talked to two first-time guests at church on Sunday and they both told me...

August 07, 2017

Lost People Aren’t Concerned With Helping Your Church Grow

When we truly realize that the lost have no desire to help our church grow,...

August 03, 2017

If This is Your Excuse Why Your Church Isn’t Growing, Please Stop Using It

If you've ever used the phrase, "God never called us to be successful, he called...

June 2017

June 26, 2017

Three Problems in the Church That Should Never Ever Be Solved

There's a difference between problems to solve and tensions to manage. If you try and...

June 22, 2017

10 Toxic Traditions That Are Killing the Church

There are traditions near and dear to the heart of every church that can become...

June 15, 2017

The Spirit-Less Death Spiral for Churches

When the Holy Spirit is removed from a church, there's a predictable and destructive death...

June 13, 2017

How to Build a Championship Dynasty Like the Warriors in Today’s Church

The Warriors weren't handed a dynasty, they built one. How they built it is how...

May 2017

May 31, 2017

7 Ways the Church Can Stay Relevant in a World Where It’s Becoming Increasingly Irrelevant

When a sheep pen has one sheep left and ninety-nine missing, you don't get points...

May 30, 2017

If You’ve Ever Walked Away From Church, I Want to Hear Your Story

If you've ever walked away from church, I want to hear your story. For every...

May 24, 2017

7 Simple Steps to Keep People Away From Your Church

If you want to keep your church small and dysfunctional, slowly fading away into obscurity...

May 22, 2017

Is it a Sin to Have Too Much Fun at Church?

Have we been so conditioned to think that church is something to be endured rather...

May 18, 2017

Belief in the Bible Just Hit an All-Time Low: Why This Doesn’t Have to Be a Harbinger of Doom

For the first time in Gallup's history, biblical skepticism has surpassed biblical literalism. This doesn't...

May 11, 2017

Why Are There More Pastors Over 65 Than Under 40?

Our inability as a church to recruit and train new pastors is an existential crisis...

May 09, 2017

Why the Future of the Church Looks a Lot Like North Point Community Church

Andy Stanley reminds me that the future of the church belongs to those willing to...

May 04, 2017

3 Ways We Unintentionally Exclude Those We’re Called to Embrace

It doesn't matter how many signs you have saying "Guests Welcome." Churches can still exclude...

May 03, 2017

Are We Becoming Modern-Day Pharisees?

Are we becoming the very people Jesus came to rebel against? The answer is not...

April 2017

April 27, 2017

The Church Bubble is Real — And Worse Than You Think

Much as a media bubble caused the journalistic world to miss the rise of Trump,...

April 24, 2017

8 Things Google Just Told Us About How to Reach Today’s Teenagers

Google just gifted the church some incredible insights into today's teenagers. Any church that wants...