There is a bad trend, in every type of church, which sees the Christian faith as a product from the “comfort industry.” People want to have their egos stroked, contribute some money, and then be left alone. Community, however, requires that we all find ways to serve. It doesn’t emerge when people are simply sitting…
Tag: Church
Wezlo, Wezlo
I’m preaching on Luke 10:38-42 this morning. It’s convicting. I actually don’t think the question is so much, “How many of us need to hear this?” Rather, I think it’s, “How many of us are willing to change when we DO hear it?”
Summertime
Central is, perhaps, the best congregation I’ve ever been a part of in terms of Summer attendance. Still, there are weeks where I think the only thing missing is a tumbleweed.
As if I didn’t have enough to do…
For the last several months I’ve really felt, for the first time in my pastorate here, that Central Baptist really needed a Bible study. Not a new small group or fellowship, an honest-to-goodness sit down with the text Bible study. After all, if we’re going to have a Church that is literate reading Scripture together…
The War on Advent
During one of my Advent sermons this year I remarked, “I don’t think there really is any such thing as a ‘War on Christmas.’  At least, if there is one then they’ve apparently missed.  I do, however, think there might be a ‘War on Advent,’ and that churches and retailers are inadvertently allied in that the war.”…
