Tuesday, June 30, 2009

What If Starbucks Marketed Like a Church? A Parable

I really am not into all-things church marketing, nor am I into Starbucks (support your local coffee shop!), but this video makes some good points.

Saturday, June 27, 2009

10 Ways to Improve Your Church Worship Service

I want to heartily recommend this article by Don Whitney, Associate Professor of Biblical Spirituality at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (my alma mater!) to the readers of this blog:

10 Ways to Improve Your Church Worship Service

One of the benefits of being a church plant is that we can ask ourselves, "How does Scripture say we should worship God?" and then do it! I plan on writing more about what the Puritans called the "Regulative Principle" of worship soon (I apologize for the lack of posts; my wife is injured, and I'm picking up the slack!), but for now, let this article benefit your soul--and your worship.

Friday, June 19, 2009

Watch Out for Myths About Fatherhood

Being a dad, myself, I'm grateful to Al Mohler for this Father's Day article.

Watch Out for Myths About Fatherhood

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Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Between Two Worlds: An Interview with Dan Phillips

I thought I would share with you all this rather insightful comment by Dan Phillips (you may know and love him from the Pyromaniacs blog). This is a wake-up call for evangelicalism--as well as something I need to remember as a church planter.

Between Two Worlds: An Interview with Dan Phillips

"Some trust in chariots, and some in horses; But we will remember the name of Yahweh our God." --Psalm 20:7