Here are 10 things Gary Lamb thinks one should know before planting a church . It's a pretty decent list. Be secure in your calling . Pe...

So what are the bare minimum knowledge need to saved (at least the initialially)? Peter Cockrell offers these. God must be desired. It is n...

I just received an email from an interesting fellow. In his signature he had this excellent Albert Einstein quote: Any intelligent fool can ...

While they saw it as a negative thing, I think this baptismal video posted at CRN is great. At least based on what is visible here, Steven ...

"A conservative; someone who believes God should never do anything for the first time". ~ Greg Haslam - "Fire Keepers or Smok...

I fell out of my chair laughing at this. Listen to President Bush describe his new war on zombies. With a few substitutions, one can re-appl...

This is WRONG at so many levels. I saw it on television last night with my kids. I immediately turned the TV off and moved directly into lec...

I'm reserving judgement. David Hayward was the first naked pastor I ever heard of but now it seems everyone is getting naked . Some are...

VHS only ... this is too funny. "You take for instance this VHS tape" he said. "It's just perfect. All I do is pop it in...

Frank Turk writes regarding elders/pastors and in that I think we can see a difference in 'philosophy of ministry' which in the pas...

Justin Buzzard writes Why Orthodoxy isn't Enough . I’m committed to humble orthodoxy because orthodoxy isn’t enough. Mere orthodoxy, mer...

I remain convinced that those that publicly criticize the motives of those that proclaim Christ commit a bigger sin than those they expose. ...

I am doing a little thinking about some questions I received about watchdog blogs and blogs about watchdog blogs and about my statements reg...

From the Daily Study Bible series; The letters of James and Peter ; James 4:11, 12; " Stop talking harshly about each other. He who ...

Today we looked at some of the things that hinder our 'hearing' God. One of the points really resonated with me. Often have wrong ex...

Henry (Rick) Frueh wrote an interesting piece Understanding the Emergent Movement . I think it describes a little of what generated the emer...

"God forbid that in our desire to safeguard against certain errors, we should become guilty of quenching the Spirit. We can become so a...

Mike Ratliff really nails this piece on The Sword of the Lord . Based on He 4.12 , Ratliff confronts some of the thinking of our day. In thi...

Randy no-blog tipped me off that a church I attended for a brief time is using Rick Warren's 40 Days of Purpose to kick off 40 Days of C...

This video is not for Arminians - you may choose to get defensive. If you do, I will love you anyway. You can even comment ere if you want t...