Here’s the sermon I’m preaching tomorrow from 1 Corinthians 8:1-13. I hope your day is a wonderful Lord’s Day! What’s For Lunch? 1 Corinthians 8:1-13
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Archive | January, 2009
A Global and Mobile Future
January 30, 2009
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Thanks to Bobby Gruenewald at LifeChurch.tv’s Swerve blog for bringing this video to our attention. It’s about 5 1/2 minutes, but you will be amazed. Watch it. The future is here.
Read moreThe question of beards and pastors
January 30, 2009
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Since our church was founded in 1857, only 5 of the 18 pastors of our church did not sport a beard. Rev. Hardaway started the beardless trend in 1929 and he served until 1951. After Hardaway, only one pastor in our history had a beard and he came along in the 1980s. The fellow [...]
Read moreEaster Outreach Idea Still Works
January 29, 2009
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Here’s a simple Easter outreach idea that works. In February, 2007, I wrote the first post on this idea we used in Atlanta (“This Easter Outreach Idea Works”). One church tried it last year, and it still works. Read Pastor John Carmichael’s report (Easter Outreach Idea Works…Again!) of how they doubled their attendance from 105 [...]
Read moreFive Rules for Hospital Visitation
January 28, 2009
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Sitting in my dad’s hospital room today, I found myself seeing things from the patient’s side. Thankfully, my father is much improved and we brought him home tonight. But just one day in his hospital room taught me some valuable lessons about how a patient’s family feels and what they need. Here are 5 rules [...]
Read morePastoral care in the small church
January 27, 2009
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I’m in south Georgia tonight because my father is in the hospital. He’s doing better after a bad bout of bronchitis, but unfortunately had to celebrate his 89th birthday on Monday from his hospital bed. “The best thing about my birthday,” he said on Monday, “is that I’m having one!” When we left Chatham today [...]
Read moreReggie McNeal: Change the Church Scorecard
January 26, 2009
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Reggie McNeal’s new book, Missional Renaissance, calls for a change in what we count at church. I wrote about counting people being the church in 2007, and that’s exactly what McNeal advocates in his most recent book. A former denominational executive and now a sought-after missional church guru, McNeal challenges the “baptisms, buildings, and budgets” [...]
Read moreNewChurchReport.com is up and running again
January 25, 2009
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NewChurchReport.com gathers the best of blogs, news services, and articles about church from around the internet. Scott Linklater, the creator of New Church Report, handed the site over to me a couple of weeks ago. With the help of Nathan White, we’ve made some changes to enhance the content on the site, but we have [...]
Read moreSermon: Everything Is Changing!
January 25, 2009
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Everything Is Changing! 1 Corinthians 7:29-31 29What I mean, brothers, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they had none; 30those who mourn, as if they did not; those who are happy, as if they were not; those who buy something, as if it were not [...]
Read moreThe power of a true story
January 22, 2009
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At our church last night we discussed the inauguration. Those commenting spoke of hope, joy, inspiration, and goodwill. Others have expressed similar feelings, and while I know there are detractors and naysayers seeking to steal the spotlight for themselves, our nation does seem to have shared a special moment on Tuesday. I believe there [...]
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