The Easter Illusion
Easter exposes the gap between attendance and belonging, between membership and engagement, between connection and discipleship.
Easter exposes the gap between attendance and belonging, between membership and engagement, between connection and discipleship.
We can’t lead well from last year’s spiritual fuel. We need a fresh touch from God today.
Biblical synonyms for pride include conceit, superiority, insolence, arrogance, boasting, contempt, wrongdoing and self-centeredness.
Jesus didn’t come to fix us from afar. He came to walk with us.
Physically, we can live 40 days without food and three days without water, but only seconds without breathing. Spiritually, we can do no better.
You know God has called you to ministry, but your passion is waning, if not gone.
With their friends’ departures, pastors have had to recalibrate the very real cost of spiritual intimacy in doing life together.
Entrepreneurial church models allow churches to step outside the walls of Sunday services and meet people where they live, work and gather. They open doors to relationships that lead to discipleship. They create spaces for people who might never set foot in a sanctuary to encounter the love of Christ.
We know God is with us, but under the pace and pressure of life and leadership, we become focused more on solutions than His presence.
Just because you send your kids to a Christian school does not guarantee they will serve Jesus, and just because you send your kids to a public school does not guarantee they will rebel against him.