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  • Church Planting: Creation, The Great Commission, and The Resolution

    Church Planting: Creation, The Great Commission, and The Resolution

    As we saw when we considered God’s eternal mission, God’s purpose is His own glory in His creation through the exaltation of Christ and in the abiding presence of the Holy Spirit. We will always have the mandate to multiply in creation and steward creation according to the first and second chapters in Genesis. God…

  • Should There Be a Formal Invitation in the Church Service?

    Should There Be a Formal Invitation in the Church Service?

    The church invitation was always an awkward moment for me. I grew up in a Southern Baptist Church where, after the sermon every week, a formal invitation was given for anyone to go to the front of the auditorium and talk with a pastor. I have often sat with other pastors who gauged the success…

  • Church Planting: a temporal picture of God’s eternal mission, pt. 3

    Church Planting: a temporal picture of God’s eternal mission, pt. 3

    Read Acts 13:2-52 The local congregation was dedicated to fasting and ministering to the Lord. This was a regular part of their worship. The Holy Spirit directed, not only the elders but the whole of the congregation, to set apart Barnabas and Saul do the work they were called to (planting churches just as the…

  • Should We Take Up Offering At Church?

    Should We Take Up Offering At Church?

    Should the local church take up offerings? The passing of the offering plate is part of the liturgy (order of service) in many local churches. Many have also done away with the offering time. Most of the reasoning behind removing the offering time seems to be that churches don’t want guests to be pressured or…

  • Dancing in Church, is there a place for the performing arts?

    Dancing in Church, is there a place for the performing arts?

    We know that what we win people with is what we win them to. So, we intentionally reject any sort of attractional ministry in the expository church (the church that wishes to operate by God’s word alone and for the glory of God alone). The congregational music of the expository church follows certain biblical principles,…

  • Church Planting: a temporal picture of God’s eternal mission, pt. 2

    Church Planting: a temporal picture of God’s eternal mission, pt. 2

    Read Acts 13:1 Barnabas and Saul did not spend all of their time at the church in Antioch, what had now become their home church. They were called specifically to missions work and were doing that work under the commission of the church in Antioch. When they returned from a trip on which they were…

  • Music Matters and Matters of Music

    Music Matters and Matters of Music

    One of the greatest dividers in both society and in the church over the centuries has been music. Most people love music. It has become an almost essential part of our worship gatherings. It has become such an integral part of our services that when people perceive that it is not done properly it divides…

  • Church Planting: a temporal picture of God’s eternal mission, pt. 1

    Church Planting: a temporal picture of God’s eternal mission, pt. 1

    Considering God’s mission, which is both eternal and timeless, we are drawn to think about how we get to participate in that mission while the world is in this temporary state of wretchedness. We think about church-planting, outreach, and even evangelism, and we recognize that these are all momentary works. When Christ’s work of redemption…

  • Is There Really a Place for Preaching and Teaching in the Local Church?

    Is There Really a Place for Preaching and Teaching in the Local Church?

    There are a few different philosophies regarding the place of preaching and teaching in the church. Admittedly, I am a little biased. I am a preacher. Different churches have chosen to do things in different ways. There are churches who have much teaching and little of anything else, churches who limit the sermon time to…

  • Is God calling you to pastor, plant, or revitalize?

    Is God calling you to pastor, plant, or revitalize?

    What if one local church could plant 200 churches, start 100 non-profits, reach thousands of people every year and still have too small of a vision? Introduction Western business has had quite a toll on the church. Simply consider the way a corporation works and expands. That is precisely what has taken root with the…