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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,

Pagan Christianity

“I can’t believe this book is getting published by a big-time publisher,” writes blogger Brant Hansen.  “This is going to be interesting…This book is going to honk people off.” The book

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

The Heart of a Servant Leader

Jack Miller was a pastor on the verge of burnout. In 1970, while pastoring a small church in Pennsylvania and teaching practical theology at Westminster Seminary, he became so discouraged that he resigned