Why You Don’t Need to ‘Start’ Another Church
"The divine call to 'come and see' invites us to engage wholeheartedly in everything God intends."
"The divine call to 'come and see' invites us to engage wholeheartedly in everything God intends."
"My answer: Kind of. Let me take that back: Yes, it does apply to you, but not in the way many 'claim' the passage."
"Rather than seeing your church as a social club for its own good, what if your church embraced its missionary identity?"
"It doesn’t just happen to senior pastors of big churches. Whether you’re at a church of 20 or 20,000, you could be next."
"You and I can never bring down giants through our own efforts. It is, and always will be, Jesus who brings freedom."
"I’ve seen the most patient, giving pastors surprisingly lose their cool when other issues are weighing on them."
"No wonder this world is often turned off by followers of Jesus. Lord, keep us from becoming Pharisees."
"For those few spreading fear about an eclipse, you’re embarrassing Christians, not representing Christ."
"Jesus characterized himself as a servant. The way to greatness in the kingdom, he said, is through serving."
"A cocky leader is not a leader with simply too much confidence; confidence and arrogance are very different traits."