Blog Archives - Page 6 of 8

From Gutenberg to Zuckerberg:

Why the Protestant Church needs another Ninety-Five Theses . . . In 2017 Protestants celebrated the 500th birthday of the

And It’s Killing Us . . . With the murder of seventeen students in Parkland, Florida, once again America finds

The Missing Ingredients in Church Health . . . In my humanity, I have never been a truly courageous soul.

. . . Are your problems above or below the waterline? I’m a DIY (do-it-yourself) kind of guy. If I

3 Uncomfortable Encounters that Explain Why Blessing Point Ministries Exists and Why You Should Consider Supporting Us I thought I

The Danger of Willfulness in the Local Church . . . I tried to justify what I said as being

3 Ways to Get Your Ministry Shipshape . . . I’m a sucker for a fixer-upper. That weakness may explain

Or, Healing Churches with Painful Histories . . . Never buy a boat on a rainy day! That’s my new

Why it’s important to look back before leading forward . . . What’s the first thing you do when you

Or, Three Questions Every Church Planter Should Ask . . . I recently became a grandparent. (Woohoo!) While we were

How We Learn to Live with the Erosion of God’s Blessing . . . Drip . . . drip .

Let me tell you the story of a church with one of the ugliest steeples you would ever want to

5 Threats to Transparency in Churches . . . I once owned a vehicle prone to backfiring, not something you

“This day is a day of distress, rebuke, and rejection; for children have come to birth and there is no

And What That Means to Leaders . . . “Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit, He takes

10 Questions Leaders Must Ask . . . These days, parents who provide corrective discipline to their children raise eyebrows,

I recently stumbled upon an article by Tom Rainer titled “9 Traits of Mean Churches.” Tom should know. He’s a

Finding the Right Tool to Fix Your Church . . . There have been lots of tools offered to pastors

3 Questions to Diagnose Congregational Pain . . . I’ve learned my lesson. Never go on a website like WebMD

When a Large Church is No Longer a Blessing . . . Recently a very large, multi-site church had its