Random thoughts on institutions and churches
I come from a family of firefighters, which means it’s always a challenge to find a date to be together with their conflicting shifts. Today is our annual Dash family Christmas gathering.
Church
The Institutional Church: A Personal Story
A few of my recent posts have been surrounding Barna and Viola’s book Pagan Christianity. Even though I don’t agree with the conclusion of this book, I think it raises some
Pastors, repentance, and humility
I’m really enjoying The Heart of a Servant Leader by Jack Miller. Lots of stuff that’s not the standard fare for pastors today, like this brutally honest quote about pastors, repentance,
A wrong (or at least insufficient) solution
I’ve been blogging about Viola and Barna’s new book Pagan Christianity. So far we’ve covered the first two what I’ve listed as the four assertions of the book:
* The
Pagan practices
Yesterday I mentioned the argument at the core of the new Barna and Viola book Pagan Christianity. Most of the book is about the following main point:
The origin of many of our