Is this a season of omission for the church?
A common complaint about the church from many of its members is that leaders keep congregants too busy in an endless parade of programs, not allowing enough […]
11
Jun
2017
Category
Caring
09
Jun
2016
Called to care …
It would be the greatest of contradictions for a child of God to ever utter (or think), “I don’t care.” Jesus cared! He cared for those who […]
10
Feb
2016
Jesus attitude v. Jonah attitude …
It was just late last year that I attended the launch service for Grace City Church, a new church plant in the University City area of beautiful […]
11
Nov
2015
A key reason why the church is ineffective at helping people …
The church has increasingly become less effective at helping people, and a key reason is the church has transitioned from rescuing people to “tipping” people. From the […]
01
Aug
2015
What is essential to following Christ? This is …
Caring. That’s not something we would expect as an answer to such a question. Nevertheless, it’s an important answer. It would be impossible to claim with any […]
30
Jul
2015
When the Good Samaritan becomes just another Samaritan …
An observation of our culture tempts me to think we have two changes happening at once: An increase in the number of people in need of help, […]
07
Jun
2015
The first church did this. Today’s church doesn’t …
The New Testament church used to do this when they gathered together. We don’t. And we’re a far less loving, mature, and unified church than the early […]
17
Dec
2014
Giving from an overflow v. sharing …
You hear a great deal of talk about “overflow” from many pulpits today. The fact is, if the church — or this world — relied on good, […]
14
Dec
2014
The cost of not caring about other people’s problems …
It’s easy to think that someone else’s problems don’t have anything to do with you. In more ways than one, that’s usually not true. The following story […]
06
Oct
2014
Are you really generous, or are you fooling yourself?
If you were in need — real need, the kind that requires help from a friend — how would you want your friend to respond to your […]