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Through the years, I served as a pastor of a small mission church in an eastern Kentucky coal camp, a community church in the middle of the Hatfield-McCoy feud area, a county-seat church south of Cincinnati, and a regional church near Louisville. In all of these churches, the four groups identified by Dr. Gary L. […]
“For from day to day men came to David to help him, until there was a great army, like an army of God.” 1 Chronicles 12:22 (ESV) After King Saul was killed on Mt. Gilboa along with his sons, Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua, the people of Israel gathered around David at Hebron. There they anointed […]
A while back our Church Consulting & Revitalization Team held a planning retreat in the Southern Indiana Amish country. Although I do not agree with much of the spiritual theology of the Amish, I have always respected them for their commitment to the “old-fashioned ways.” I believe that the modern church should strive to be […]
“Don’t let the world around you squeeze you into its own mold, but let God re-make you so that your whole attitude of mind is changed.” Romans 12:2 (Phillips) Gordon MacDonald’s book, Ordering Your Private World, is one of the most helpful books I have ever read. I highly commend this Thomas Nelson Publishers’ book […]
Have you ever thought about ways to improve worship? Much has been written on the subject recently. Allow me to share a few thoughts I’ve gleaned from my study over the last few years. 3 Keys to Improved Worship 1. God is the audience. When you hear the word audience associated with worship, what comes to […]
A couple of years ago I read a good book entitled Redeeming Church Conflicts: Turning Crisis into Compassion and Care. Tara Klena Barthel and David V. Edling did a great job in the book defining conflict and uncovering what the Bible says we should do when conflict arises. In the first chapter, they shared five mistakes that […]
We just celebrated my dad’s 91st birthday! I can imagine what you’re thinking when you hear the number “91,” but you really need to picture “71.” Fortunately, my dad is in phenomenal shape. He works outside every day unless he’s fishing. He has the contract on some of the yards on his street because some […]
