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CLOSING A CHURCH | EYES WIDE OPEN
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CANDID REFLECTIONS ON THE CHURCH TODAY. John Frye shares his reflections on closing a church. What can we learn from this? Closing a Church (John Frye). Mar 6, 2015 @ 4:49. The Closing of a Church, by John Frye. Is very significant to me. The only glorious One is Jesus who walks among the lamp stands, his local (real geographical) churches. As a pastor I am owning into the ragged humanity of the body of Christ, glorious as she will be in the. Big or small, churches are fragile because of the lingering po...
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sdunnpastor | EYES WIDE OPEN
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CANDID REFLECTIONS ON THE CHURCH TODAY. All posts by sdunnpastor. Sit Back, Relax and Enjoy the Service May Be Killing Your Church. Karl Vaters has some highly provocative and probing thoughts on our approach to “church” and getting people to attend our weekend worship gatherings. – STEVE. Sit back, relax and enjoy the service may be one of the most dangerous sentences ever uttered in church. Let’s Stop the Bait-and-Switch. It’s bait-and-switch to tell church-goers that we’re here to serve them, only to ...
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“Sit Back, Relax and Enjoy the Service” May Be Killing Your Church | EYES WIDE OPEN
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CANDID REFLECTIONS ON THE CHURCH TODAY. Sit Back, Relax and Enjoy the Service May Be Killing Your Church. Karl Vaters has some highly provocative and probing thoughts on our approach to “church” and getting people to attend our weekend worship gatherings. – STEVE. Sit back, relax and enjoy the service may be one of the most dangerous sentences ever uttered in church. It sits on the Bad Idea shelf next to Let’s erect a building and tell people they have to come here if they want to worship Jesus. And then...
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WHITE MILLENIALS ARE LEAVING THE CHURCH | EYES WIDE OPEN
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CANDID REFLECTIONS ON THE CHURCH TODAY. WHITE MILLENIALS ARE LEAVING THE CHURCH. Once again an interesting article posted by Scot McKnight. About a third of young (18-29 year old) Americans and more than half of younger Christians are people of color, according to data from the Public Religion Research Institute. White Christians, on the other hand, make up only a quarter of younger Americans. In fact there are more Nones those with no religion than white Christians in this age group. Pastor Derwin] Gray...
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TRUE STORY | EASTER PEOPLE
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ABOUT “EASTER PEOPLE”. Living the Resurrection Life as the Body of Christ. May 1, 2012. From blogger Emma Scrivener comes this delightful story. I encourage you to visit her at A NEW NAME. Once upon a time, there lived a couple called Glen and Emma. LOVE WINS–BUT AT WHAT COST? Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out. Join 6 other followers. Note t...
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DO YOU HAVE A GOD STORY? | EASTER PEOPLE
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ABOUT “EASTER PEOPLE”. Living the Resurrection Life as the Body of Christ. DO YOU HAVE A GOD STORY? March 26, 2012. I have just finished my post on “The Anointing of Ruby.” I have been away from this blog for a while but intend to begin posting at least once a week. But I could use some help. Do you have a “God Story” or something else you would like to contribute to EASTER PEOPLE. This blog has over 669 followers on FACEBOOK as well as regular subscribers. I look forward to hearing from you. IMMEASURABL...
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GOOD RISING | EASTER PEOPLE
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ABOUT “EASTER PEOPLE”. Living the Resurrection Life as the Body of Christ. April 18, 2012. The first blog in my blogging ministry is called LIFE MATTERS based on the thought that “your life matters to God.” It is cross-posted on both Blogger and Word Press. The following post, which originally appeared Easter 2011, is the most popular of my posts on that site. – STEVE. On Easter the words change. “He is risen.”. 8220;Easter says you can put truth in a grave, but it won’t stay there.”. Address never made ...
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THE SHOWCASE OF OUR UNRIGHTEOUSNESS | EYES WIDE OPEN
https://outwardfocus.wordpress.com/2014/10/17/the-showcase-of-our-unrighteousness
CANDID REFLECTIONS ON THE CHURCH TODAY. THE SHOWCASE OF OUR UNRIGHTEOUSNESS. More from Michael Kelly and his blog Forward Progress. What destroys the work of the gospel in a person? Not a lot, truth be told. There’s not a class you must take; no certificate you have to earn. But you must know at least two things:. 1 Who He is. That Jesus Christ is the Son of God, crucified and then risen, not because of His own sin but as a willing sacrifice for yours, which leads us to the second thing:. 2 Who you are.
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WHY MIGHT WE GIVE UP MEETING TOGETHER? | EYES WIDE OPEN
https://outwardfocus.wordpress.com/2014/10/10/why-might-we-give-up-meeting-together
CANDID REFLECTIONS ON THE CHURCH TODAY. WHY MIGHT WE GIVE UP MEETING TOGETHER? Has a great blog about faith life. This post gives us much upon which to reflect. – STEVE. WHY MIGHT WE GIVE UP MEETING TOGETHER? The writer of Hebrews gave a very practical instruction in Hebrews 10:24-25:. And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near. In an affluent...