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Guaranteed church growth

Michael Haykin writes a thoughtful post on our tendency to depend on models for what God alone can give: Most recently, this arrogance can be seen in those who would argue that one

Reordering the church

I picked up an old book last night and was surprised by how much it described what’s happening today. The book describes the view that “the Church herself may be a hindrance,

Twins and Daylight Savings Time

My friend Sandy told me about this. Truly bizarre: A North Carolina woman gave birth to twins: Peter emerged first, then came Allison. But it’s Allison who is the older of the

Reordering the Christian life

A paperback copy of Paul Louis Metzger’s Consuming Jesus arrived in the mail a couple of weeks ago to replace the Word document I’ve been using. I’ve been blogging through

Attraction to the messenger, not the message

This post is from the defunct blog “Dying Church” From Oswald Chambers: When we say, "What a wonderful personality, what a fascinating person, and what wonderful insight!" then what opportunity does