Who wants their congregation to grow? That should be everyone, right? Who is doing something to make the congregation grow? What can we do? I want to focus on how to make things better and put those concepts into practice. Churchleaders.com repots that study published in 2005 in The Journal for the Scientific Study of … Continue reading How to Increase Church Attendance
THE DRESS IS A COLOR–Thoughts on the BLUE DRESS and Epistemology.
What color is that dress? Some see white and others see blue, what color do you see? The question has befuddled the globe and has become an overnight sensation on social media. People who have seen the dress in person revealed what I already knew ( http://t.today.com/popculture/white-or-gold-blue-or-black-dress-sets-internet-ablaze-2D80518434 )-it's blue and black!But this dress conundrum forces … Continue reading THE DRESS IS A COLOR–Thoughts on the BLUE DRESS and Epistemology.
Intentional
It is time. It is time to save souls. We think about evangelism, we hope for evangelism, we get excited about visitors, but what are we intentionally doing to evangelize? Hoping isn't what God sent us to do. The Great Commission says "Go and make" not "sit and hope". What can we do to be … Continue reading Intentional
No Rules for Me?
The wind is howling like this swirling storm inside. Couldn’t keep it in, Heaven knows I tried. Don’t let them in, don’t let them see. Be the good girl you always have to be. Conceal, don’t feel, don’t let them know. Well, now they know! Let it go, let it go! Can’t hold it back … Continue reading No Rules for Me?
TELL ME ABOUT THE GOOD OLD DAYS
We can't help but to look into the past and remember “the good old days.” Maybe it seems like things were simpler in the past. Maybe things were more wholesome. Maybe the church was stronger. While we may like to live in the past, the Bible tells us to live for the future. Ecclesiastes 7:10 … Continue reading TELL ME ABOUT THE GOOD OLD DAYS
State of the Union
God Prepared Good Works
The Word of the Lord says, “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk therein” (Ephesians 2:10). God has work for His Christians to do. God’s expectation of Christians being involved in the work is evident in the Scriptures (Matthew 28:19-20; 1 Corinthians … Continue reading God Prepared Good Works
The Men of God
Jesus said, Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives him who sent me. The one who receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and the one who receives a righteous person because he is a righteous person will receive a righteous person’s reward. And whoever gives … Continue reading The Men of God
Worship
Yahweh is the Creator God who has invaded history. The Passover; the Exodus; the incarnation; the Crucifixion; and Resurrection have demanded a response of praise to God from His ransomed people. The roots of our English word "worship" go back to a Saxon/English word "weorthscipe," which means "worthship" or "worthiness". The Hebrew language has no … Continue reading Worship
A LEAP OF FAITH?
Is Christian faith a leap into the darkness? Is our belief simply a comforting thought? Is our faith merely an allusion? Is our faith a reaction of our emotional feelings? Faith is a response to evidence, not simply emotions. John wrote his Gospel in order that we can have evidence to know Jesus the Christ, … Continue reading A LEAP OF FAITH?
Donnie's Dogmatics 