Category: church
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If the Church is doing her job…
Toby J. Sumpter has been on a roll lately. His latest Jesus & the Bikinis is another home run. Here’s a taste but you should most definitely read the whole thing (here): And if the Church is doing her job, proclaiming this good news of forgiveness and justice in Jesus, then she ought to attract people who…
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Context Matters
I am not a minister in New York City. I am not a minster in a college town or on a college campus. I am a minister in a small rural community in central Texas called Taylor. Here, the opium of the masses is apathy. Apathy as opposed to equally seductive intellectualism. Of course I’m…
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If our church disappeared, would Taylor notice?
If you and your church were to disappear off the face of the earth tomorrow, would anyone in the community around you notice you were gone? And if the community did even notice would they say ‘we are really glad they are gone’, or ‘we are really going to miss them’? – Tim Keller I…
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A Cry To Unity
This article was originally written on September 12, 2010 by Jeff Ripple. His confession and exhortation for our church and the broader community of believers is eerily applicable in light of recent events surrounding Christ Fellowship Church. One thing many pastors struggle with is how to bring discipline to the body. In our politically correct culture…
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On The Recent Controversy
It has been said that those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. I believe this and I hope you do too. I would even take this idea a step further and add that those who cannot remember the past are condemned not only to repeat it but also to rewrite it.…