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So I’m eating lunch with my family, and the door bell rings. We generally get excited when our door bell rings. The boys run to the door to greet whoever it is, and we view each door bell an opportunity to meet people. Except when I opened the door today, I knew I wasn’t going [...]

The new Church is coming.
It is my belief that there is a completion of sorts occuring within the American church today. We just heard a message at my church about a “marriage” cycle that is found in almost every marriage on more than one occasion. It goes in these stages….
1) Joy
2) Disillusionment
3) Misery
4) [...]

This quote from Mike Yaconelli is worth reading and letting the impact of these statements truly sink into your mind.

“Mix a good dose of ego addiction with Jesus, and the consequences are frightening. It causes ministers to build huge churches as a monument to their own ego, it causes people to go on television with [...]

Christian Fellowship has been misunderstood and mistaught by the church for quite a while now. Churches have minimized the importance of fellowship in their congregations and made it a cheap time of cofee and donuts - usually called “Fellowship Hour”.
Christian fellowship is essential for our growth. The entire Bible is the story of God [...]

I was asked a very interesting question at the conference in Chicago this week. Here it is…
“What is the number one weakness in the modern church today.”
I said “I don’t know, let me think about it and I’ll get back to you.”
Here is my initial answer. - Paid [...]