Sometimes the church needs a makeover. Just like homes that over time have begun to show their wear and need to be renovated, many times the church needs renewal. Sometimes it just needs a tweak, other times it needs to be torn down and rebuilt in an attempt to build a simple, effective church ministry. […]
Simple Church: Chapter 2 – The Simple (and Not So Simple) Church in Action
In Chapter 2 of Simple Church. Geiger and Rainer take you on a tour of two churches. They are not real churches they are “types” created from their research. They call them First Church and Cross Church. First Church is a traditional,plateaued, or what they deem to be a, non-simple church. Cross Church is a […]
Spiritual Pathways
I have been talking about “Keeping it Simple” in my weekend messages. Life seems to be anything but simple and connecting with God can sometimes seem very complicated. A couple weeks ago on a Sunday Morning, I introduced the concept of Spiritual Pathways. Spiritual Pathways are ways of connecting with God. A few mentioned that we […]
Building the Dam: Accountability
I am grieved. Someone I know, respected, in ministry had a moral failure. It saddens me. He was a hallmark of faithfulness in ministry. He had served the same church for more than 30 years. He had a heart for people and evangelism. Whether it was a wedding or a funeral, the gospel was always on […]
Keep it Simple: First Love
My Bible College days are a long way behind me. I have to admit that I have forgotten many of the things that I learned while there, but there is one thing I have never forgotten. I took a counselling in my second year and the teacher said something I have always remembered. The course […]
One Another Scriptures from the New Testament
This is an infographic fromhttp://overviewbible.com/one-another-infographic/ I thought it did an excellent job of highlighting all the “One Another” scriptures in the New Testament. Thanks to Jerry Kranz for making this available.
Good News and Bad News
I have good news and bad news. Which do you want first? I have often heard that if you want to develop a new habit that it will take 21 days. If I do this new pattern for that period of time it will become like second nature to me. I have also heard that […]
I Surrender 10%
If you go to the grocery store you will see a myriad of lite products. Most of the products make promises that they will have all the flavour and half the calories or something to that extent. Many times I have been disappointed with these products and they have not lived up to their billing. […]
The Rubik’s Cube and the Bible
I got my first Rubik’s cube when I was in highschool, way back in 1980. They were all the rage back then. I played with it until it was stolen on a field trip in grade nine. I find in interesting to see the resurgence of interest in these toys again. I often see young […]
Pressing On!
Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining […]