Church

Today’s Generation Hungry for Real Christianity

My latest column at Christian Week: I started pastoring in the early 1990s when church growth principles and the seeker-sensitive movement were big. A decade later, beginning soon after 2000, the emerging church

Don’t Write Off the Seniors

Last week I took a couple of hours one afternoon to deliver poinsettias to some of our seniors, most of whom are widows and who can’t get out much due to poor

Don’t Get Calvin Started on Church Finances

I’m warning you. You probably don’t want to read these quotes from Calvin’s Institutes. Highly convicting. This should scare the pants off anyone who is responsible in any way for

Frustrated with Church? Calvin Understands.

I suspected I would enjoy Calvin’s Institutes, and I shouldn’t even be surprised by how things really haven’t changed even though we live in very different times. Take this section