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Making Church in Our Own Image
Tuesday, April 14th, 2009In my half century of churchgoing I’ve seen plenty of laypeople try to intimidate pastors by insisting they avoid certain preaching topics, complaining about a particular style of worship music and upholding one unbiblical tradition or another just because the church has always done it that way.
I’ve seen an elder quit on the spot when […]
You Can Go Home Again
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008Earlier this month I went back to my birthplace of Carbondale, Pa., visiting for the first time since my family moved away more than 45 years ago. We moved before I reached kindergarten. I must confess that I didn’t remember anything upon first seeing the hospital of my birth, the manse I lived in and […]
The Purposes of Church
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008Recently I read an insightful and articulate book, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Evangelical Christianity, by David Cobia, lead pastor of Bay Marin Community Church in San Rafael, Calif.
Cobia points out that evangelicals measure the marks of a healthy church by Acts 2:42-47. These include meeting together in the temple courts, devoting themselves to the […]