Leadership
A New Liturgical Theology Of Funeral Rites
From a netfriend A Baptist friend of mine, Dr. Paul Sheppy, is about to publish a comprehensive liturgical theology of funeral rites, in two volumes. A splendid contribution in a much-neglected area, I suspect these works will be of interest to us all. Publishing details are below. Death Liturgy and Ritual Volume 1 – A […]
Our Churches Aren’t Dangerous Enough!
Dangerous Liaisons (A sermon by Kim Thoday) One of the great problems for Western Christianity is that our Churches are not dangerous places to be. Our churches are not dangerous enough. 1. Serving the Kingdom Perhaps one thing most Christians are agreed upon is that worship is the engine room of the community of faith. […]
If It Feels Right, Sing It
Trenton Starnes on emotionalism in worship songs 07.01.2003 ——————————————————————————– The anti-intellectual tendency of the current crop of “praise and worship” music is scaring me. Literally. I know that there will always be people who are able to listen to sermons with an open, but discerning, mind. What scares me is that a lot of the […]
Spurgeon On Leadership
If you, like many evangelicals, are interested in C. H. Spurgeon, I wanted to let you know about a new book, due to be released in October by Kregel Publications, titled Spurgeon on Leadership. The book presents Spurgeon’s life and ministry as a contemporary model for Christian leaders, and allows his writings to give voice […]
Music
Larry Norman (The Father of Christian Rock) regularly lampooned Bob Larson at his concerts and wrote the song “Why Should The Devil Have All The Good Music?”(Only Visiting This Planet, 1972) in response: “I want the people to know that He saved my soul/ but i still like to listen to the radio/ they say […]
Church Leadership In Times Of Crisis And Change
(KIM THODAY) Rather like a person in adolescence, a new community takes time to grow, mature and find it’s identity. In theological language, this is about the journey of discovering God’s specific vision, mission and giftings for your Church. There are growing pains involved such as: the shattering of certain illusions, grief, disappointment, insecurity, discovery […]
Reconciliation In The Church
“Lawrence Meckan” wrote: Reconciliation and/or resolution (including judgement) has to take place between people, because at the end of the day, if the institution shoves the issue under the carpet (to save face or otherwise), you’re still left with hurting people. And people matter. The church’s reconciliation with those it has alienated would be a […]
Preparation For Preaching
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 3-120 (Leadership Issues) AHA! EXCURSIONS – WHAT’S BEHIND PREACHING & TEACHING PREPARATION? by Paul Grant It’s not all done at the desk, is it? I know I’ve got a text and theme for preaching. Didn’t the Holy Spirit embed it into my brain and spirit like a copy electronically burned on to […]
Church Family Prayer
From a netfriend: A Church Family Prayer Lord God, as we Target the Ten Thousand local people who have no church home, we invite you to live in us and reach out through us. As a church family we offer all that we are and all that we have to you: Our hearts – overflow […]
Spreading The Good Word
In customer service training (Aussie Host) one is taught the following: ******** A satisfied customer may tell 3-5 people about their experience. A dissatisfied customer may tell 8 – 10 people about their experience. The average business never hears from 96% of its unhappy customers. For every complaint received the avergae company in fact has […]
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