By Henry Neufeld Dave Black warns us today against the cult of the speaker. (With permission I’ve extracted the relevant portion as a post at JesusParadigm.com since Dave’s blog doesn’t allow linking to a specific post.)
Considering what we’ve heard recently about megachurches creating satellite campuses that receive the message from the senior pastor on the main [...]
By Henry Neufeld I think she has two excellent points, the first about the danger of thinking of oneself as a celebrity (evangelical or not!), and the second about the value of structured prayer. I’d add a note on the value of structured Bible study, which also forces one to leave one’s comfort zone and one’s own [...]
By Henry Neufeld Christians in many countries face imprisonment, but is it possible the American is imprisoned metaphorically by our way of thinking? Eric Carpenter thinks we are, and suggests some things to rethink.
By Henry Neufeld My church has a good children’s ministry. I’m impressed every time I hear our children’s minister present a children’s moment during the church service, and every time I’ve encountered the children’s programs myself, including the couple of times I’ve been invited to speak.
The children are learning a great deal about Christianity, their church, [...]
By Henry Neufeld Shauna Hyde is one of the authors at Energion Publications, so I admit to bias, but I really did like this write-up in the Charleston (WV) Gazette-Mail. Her book, Victim No More! is mentioned in the article.
I’m often critical of newspaper articles, not so much for being negative, but for being shallow. I [...]
By Henry Neufeld I’ll be eagerly awaiting the inexpensive ebook of his lecture at Fuller. The summary is interesting.
By Henry Neufeld I have made a few negative comments about conference dashboards keeping statistics on membership, apportionments, and other activities available to anyone who wants to read. I continue to question whether these numbers really tell the story of the health of the churches. There are, I believe, some very large and growing churches that have [...]
By Henry Neufeld Yesterday I posted one of my short stories over on my Jevlir blog. For those who don’t read that blog (its readership is quite low), I wanted to write a couple of notes here.
Many churches think they’ll find the solution to the problem of declining membership or financial problems by hiring just the [...]
By Henry Neufeld There have been any number of Christian leaders who have fallen recently, and while the publicity makes it appear that there are more and more, I suspect this isn’t anything new.
One major reason for a failure in leadership is that we put too much trust in people. We give a pastor a great [...]
By Henry Neufeld No, this isn’t a topic I know much about, but I know that many past readers of this blog are either in part-time ministry or are (or have) considered it.
There’s still space in tonight’s Webinar, Part-Time Ministry Call: Disappointment or Opportunity, by Energion author Bob LaRochelle. He’s author of Part-Time Pastor, Full-Time Church (Pilgrim [...]
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Asides February 1 Christian Carnival Posted (2012/2/2) … at All Things New. Thanks to Deb for hosting! ()
Even-Tempered Response to Mark Driscoll (2012/1/14) Eddie Arthur provides an even-tempered response to a recent interview by Mark Driscoll. ()
I Can Haz - the Ontological Argument (2011/12/30) … or not. I’ve always thought the ontological argument for the existence of God was pretty silly, so I can’t resist linking to the kitteh version. ()
Is the American Church in Prison? (2011/12/29) Christians in many countries face imprisonment, but is it possible the American is imprisoned metaphorically by our way of thinking? Eric Carpenter thinks we are, and suggests some things to rethink.
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Worship Music Criticism Criticized (2011/12/18) … by Lisa Robinson. And she does a good job of it. ()
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