The church with no needs …
Christians, especially church leaders, can be quick to turn to the New Testament – especially the Book of Acts – as providing the model for what it […]
02
Feb
2022
Category
Fellowship
27
Sep
2018
A primary aspect of the first church is nearly missing in the church today …
I never tire of reading about the first church as portrayed in the book of Acts in the Bible. I find chapters two and four especially compelling. […]
13
Jan
2017
Something more than a donut …
Modern Christianity has done little to teach the rich biblical view and need of Christian fellowship. The result is a gross lack of understanding of what Christian […]
08
Oct
2015
A friend doesn’t use the drive-thru …
This morning I read a story about a pastor traveling with a Brazilian seminary student. Along the way the pastor asked the student if he would like […]
25
Aug
2015
What others see that we don’t …
It wasn’t just frustration that caused me recently to change from using Firefox as my browser to trying Chrome, it was hitting a wall that required it. […]
15
Jul
2014
The hard road to peace …
In order to have real peace — peace of mind and heart — you will have to make a decision that will disrupt the peace of your […]
23
Jun
2014
How to sail through life …
After my first experience on a sailboat, I thought to myself, “I could become addicted to this!” A few more times on a sailboat and I knew […]
21
Oct
2013
Are we misusing prayer?
You’ve just heard a tragic story. Moved deeply, you reach out and touch the person on their shoulder and say, “I’ll pray for you!” But you do […]
26
Sep
2013
Majoring on the minors …
There’s a story of two church congregations located just a few blocks away from each other in a small town. They thought it might be better to […]
17
Jan
2013
If you’re happy and you know it …
We’ve made the measure of a successful Sunday gathering “at church” to be the number of happy people leaving the building. Bad measure! By being more concerned […]