My young son asked what the highest number I had ever counted to was. I didn’t know, but I asked about his highest number. It was 5,372. “Oh,” I said. “Why did you stop there?” “Church was over.” —Joanne Weil, as told by Mike and Amy Nappa, Bore No More! (Group Publishing), p. 7; submitted […]
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Churches really fit in the categories of three kinds of ships. Some churches are like cruise ships – luxury for people who are already Christians. Some churches are battleships. They recognize the mission which is good, but they try to accomplish it as a unit. The best churches are like aircraft carriers – they are […]
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Ross Douthat – Bad Religion. How We Became A Nation Of Heretics Ross Douthat on Eat, Pray, Love God wants me to be happy and feel good about what I already want to be doing. That’s pop spirituality in the West. What my libido wants is what God wants. American Christianity has grown weaker, but […]
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LIGHT BULB JOKES-DENOMINATIONS How Many _____Does It Take To Change A Light Bulb? Charismatics – Only one: Hands already in the air. Catholics – None. They use candles. Baptists – CHANGE??!!??!! Pentecostals – Ten. One to change, nine to pray against the spirit of darkness. Presbyterians – None. God has predestined when the lights will […]
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One Sunday morning, Pastor McGhee noticed that little Alex was staring up at the large plaque that hung in the foyer of the church. The 7-year-old had been staring at the plaque for some time, so the pastor walked up, stood beside the boy, and said quietly, “Good morning, Alex.” “Good morning, Pastor,” replied the […]
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by Wally Drotts (Rev & Dr) Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. I have been guest preacher several times at worship at Dave’s invitation and had looked forward to today’s service of installation. But such was not to be. Instead of “tripplingly with the tongue”, as Shakespeare put it, I tripped at bedside Friday morning with […]
From Mary Naegli’s Blog, following up on the Presbytery of the Redwoods’ defiance of the PJC decision on Jane Spahr wordtolife.wordpress.com/2012/05/22/two-degrees-of-separation If we do not own our true situation and collaborate toward a solution in which our ministries can flourish in new pasture, here is what is going to happen: The members of our congregations […]
TWO-PART CONVERSION Church of England Archbishop and theologian William Temple defines evangelism: “To evangelize is so to present Jesus Christ in the power of the Holy Spirit that men come to put their faith in God through him, to accept him as their Saviour and to serve him as their King in the fellowship of […]
Donald McGavran: “Nothing hurts missions overseas so much as continuing methods, institutions, and policies which ought to bring men to Christ–but don’t; which ought to multiply churches–but don’t; which ought to improve society–but don’t. If it does not work to the glory of God and the extension of Christ’s church, throw it away and get […]
Abraham Lincoln on Church and Religion – from Carl Sandburg’s Introduction to Lincoln’s Devotional Henry C. Deming, Congressman from Connecticut, reported that when Lincoln was asked why, with his obvious interest in religious matters and his familiarity with the Bible, he did not join a church, Lincoln replied: “When any church will inscribe over its […]