Things are coming along with the Ishtar Gate! We’re very excited to be presenting a Vacation Bible School at Bedford Road Baptist Church this year. Our theme is Babylon: Daniel’s Courage in Captivity. A couple of our elders and a crew of guys (and one lady) are building some pretty impressive sets for the kids… Read More »
I have a reputation for being pretty good in front of people. It takes a lot to make me afraid or nervous. I’ve been in front of people all my life. There are family videos of me at the age of four or five, waving my hand in time from the platform, standing next to… Read More »
This morning when Nichole and I checked our emails, we were grieved to see that one of the ladies in our congregation had lost her mother in the night. She had passed quietly, surrounded by her children, but it is nonetheless an time for mourning. So, imagine my surprise when I got out of the… Read More »
The Star Trek sequel is being filmed as I write this, and this little bit of future cinematic joy brought to mind a post I wrote back in 2010: Last night, we had a joint elders meeting. Our merged congregation has been such a miraculous thing to start with that I think all of us… Read More »
According to the Hartford Institute for Religious Studies, here are the top ten largest churches in the United States: Lakewood Church, 43,500 (Joel Osteen) LifeChurch, 35,000 (Craig Groeschel) Fellowship Church, 24,000 (Ed Young, Jr.) Willow Creek Community Church, 23,400 (Bill Hybels) North Point Community Church, 23,375 (Andy Stanley) Second Baptist Church, 22,700 (Edwin Young, #3’s… Read More »
Last year, Rob Bell wrote a controversial book on who goes to heaven and who goes to hell. Then he resigned his role as teaching pastor at Mars Hill Bible Church. Now, his successor Shane Hipps is resigning because the megachurch is falling apart and the board has decided to reorganize, placing the teaching pastor under… Read More »
This morning, our beloved congregation will worship without us. Nichole and I are in Syracuse, New York for a conference and concert. I’ll be completely honest. I don’t like being away. It is more nerve-wracking than being there. When you invest so much of yourself into something you believe is God’s thing, you become very… Read More »
Skye Jethani has some good things to say about freedom of religion and the way Islam is sometimes mischaracterized.
In the midst of terrorism and presidential elections (and sometimes I am not sure which people take more seriously), remember that historically human government has opposed the work of the Church far more often than government has supposed us. Rather than complaining about the way the government makes life difficult, the followers of Christ should… Read More »
The NFL’s Carolina Panthers have updated their logo in what has to be one of the most underwhelming changes I have ever seen. One of the team’s executives said it was a necessary update for “ever-increasing digital use.” I am still trying to figure out how this change really does much of anything for the… Read More »
- « Previous Page
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- …
- 14
- Next Page »
