As I mentioned yesterday, I have been thinking quite a bit about creating and cultivating a community of grace in our church. Tim Chester has provided a helpful comparison between communities of performance and communities of grace: Communities of Performance… Continue Reading
Yesterday I shared my evil plot on how to destroy a church. I promised that it had a point—I was not being devious for the sake of being devious. That entire story was just one expression of the key to… Continue Reading
If you desired to destroy a local church how would you go about doing it? Obviously I am not talking about the building itself, nor do I mean destroy it as an outsider. If you recently joined a relatively healthy… Continue Reading
Aaron Menikoff has voiced some of my concerns with the house church movement. My desire is that these house churches be, in fact, churches. Whether the pastor is seminary-educated is not the point. Is the “church” led by a man… Continue Reading