Let me start off by saying that the word “outreach” really, really bothers me, especially when it is used in the church context. The reason it bothers me is because it implies that us Christians, who are “in” have the duty to reach “out” to all those dirty sinners and help them. It never really [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘American Christianity’
April 22, 2010
The Jesus Type of Holiness
“A question we pose is this: What is it about the holiness of Jesus that caused “sinners” to flock to him like a magnet and yet managed to seriously antagonize the religious people? This question begs yet another, even more confronting question: Why does our more churchy form of holiness seem to get it the [...]
March 22, 2010
Houston, we may have community
We had our 2nd Sanctuary get together last night and it was incredible! It is amazing the diverse group of people that God has brought together from different areas, backgrounds and cultures who all share one thing in common: an overwhelming desire to experience the true, pure Christianity of the New Testament. God is definitely [...]
March 20, 2010
I’m Tired of the Show
If you ever want to experience the greatest stress imaginable, plant a church! We are only in the very beginning phases of our 1st meetings, planning, etc but it is literally the ONLY thing that I can think about. The mental and spiritual stress that we have experienced has put a strain on my marriage, [...]
March 16, 2010
Church is not the Goal
I have been re-reading “The Tangible Kingdom” over the last few days and it has really been messing me up big time. I read it about 2 years ago and really liked it but now that we’ve actually moved ahead with this church plant and are “doing it”, I’m really beginning to evaluate what “church” [...]
January 2, 2010
The “New” Traditional Church
I just read this post by Tony Morgan on how the “contemporary” church has become the new traditional church but our much heralded methods/models aren’t really producing the results that we hoped. His thoughts for what is necessary for “church” line up exactly where I think God is leading us. Check it out here.
December 16, 2009
Sanctuary Church- A Place of Risk!
After a lot of prayer and tossing names around, Paige and I settled on “Sanctuary Church” for the church that we are in the midst of planting. As we have begun to tell people about the church, some have asked how we came up with the name, which is a good question. So, here it [...]
November 10, 2009
Hills We Will Die On!
I was talking to a pastor that I highly respect the other day about the church we are planting and he said something that I have been thinking about ever since. We were talking about keeping things simple and not deviating from the core values that God has given us and he said “there are [...]
November 1, 2009
Gary Lamb-That Dude’s Raw!
As a potential church planter, I follow a lot of other pastors who have planted churches and try to learn as much as possible as I can from them. One of the guys I followed was named Gary Lamb. He pastored a pretty radical church called “Revolution Church” out in Georgia but I was shocked [...]
October 7, 2009
Are You A Christian Hipster?
I got this from mondaymorninginsight.com. I think I scored about a 70% that I am a Christian hipster. Are you a ‘Christian Hipster’? Do you consider yourself a ‘cool’ Christian? See if you qualify… Do you like? Christian hipsters like music, movies, and books that are well-respected by their respective artistic communities—Christian or not. They [...]
