Everyone wants to be heard. Everyone has a voice. Everyone has a message. Everyone has an opinion. Everyone... But few have a pulpit...or an audience..or a soapbox...or a blog...or a tribe...or even a listener within an earshot who cares at all about what they have to say. As a pastor, a guest
Christian Cartoon: ALMOST GOOD ENOUGH FOR GOD’S LOVE
Practically every unsaved person around the world believes that they have to do something in order to make their god pleased with them. Regardless of what religious persuasion a person is coming from, every religion in the world essentially falls into that bucket. The bucket is called: Human
Christian Cartoon: SELFISH PRAYER
One of the things that Christians do very little of is pray correctly. What I mean by this is that we often pray selfishly rather than praying for things that would honor God, glorify Jesus, and encourage those around us. Too often the focus of our prayers is inward, for and about ourselves, and
5 Reasons Why Ministry May Be Killing The People At Your Church
Have you ever thought about why we actually do the things we do, inside the church? No, seriously, why do we do what we do? Why do we have things like men's ministries, women's ministries, children's ministries, music ministries, conferences, evangelism training courses, prayer meetings, etc.,
Christianity and Church Media Are Nearing The Social Media Tipping Point
You can almost make statistics say anything you want them too. Almost, that is. Yet regardless of which side of an issue you happen to be on, you just can't ignore certain facts and stats. According to the Facebook infographic of an article I posted a few days back, in 2008 the average age of a
What Is “Cyber Monday” All About Anyway? [Infographic]
Did you know that there was roughly $165.4 billion dollars spent in 2010 on e-commerce sales? That equates to about $453,000,000 per day in online purchases! When I left the house this morning, my wife was online scooping up a few sweet deals from Cyber Monday's mania. (She's getting to be so