By Henry Neufeld I rarely post a quote from a book I’m editing, but this one struck me today. It’s from the forthcoming book The Church Under the Cross by William Powell Tuck. Here it is:
Jesus Christ has called us to a way of life which demands sacrificial living, and this call is still an offense [...]
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 Tithing Hits Record Low; Churches Spend More to Make Congregants Happy.
While I don’t believe tithing is a command binding on Christians, my problem is not that it would demand too much, but rather that it demands too little, does so in the wrong way, and for the wrong reasons. But that’s another topic.
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By Henry Neufeld … so says Dan Dick. All I can say is I agree. Go read!
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 … This!
This is Discipling from The Foursquare Church on Vimeo.
(HT: Dave Black Online)
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Yes, that’s a big collection of topics, but I think they’re connected. John Meunier links to an excellent post by Dan Dick, which you should read before you read this one. The topic here is the conference dashboards in United Methodist annual conferences, such as this one for the North [...]
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Because I have some online watches for names of Energion Publications authors, I found the post In Search of Sinless Perfection, which quotes Alden Thompson. This comes from a Seventh-day Adventist background, but I must mention that I have been surprised by how much from my own SDA background simply translates [...]
By Henry Neufeld Christian Girl at College has an answer: Now!
Oh, well… I can’t do that now. I’m too young; I’m not really in control of my life – my actions. I’ll change after college, when I’m on my own. It’ll be a big turning point. That’s the perfect time to start being the Christian I [...]
By Henry Neufeld From C. Michael Patton:
What I have been coming to realize over the years is that there is simply no one way to do church. …
You need to read the whole post at Parchment and Pen to get the real drift of what he’s saying, complete with evangelical discomfort with a [...]
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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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