Photo by Josh Appel on Unsplash Last month, I posted an entry discussing some of the organizational statistics of our church (attendance and donations), and I wanted to take this opportunity to give you an update on at least the financial side of things over the past month. First of all, as I said …
Church Needs & My Optimism
(The chart included with this post represents at any point in time the average Sunday attendance for the previous four weeks.) For two weeks now, I've been mentioning in our worship gatherings that our church is going through a bit of a financial and attendance lull. First, let's get the numbers out …
Starting a new series tomorrow… on Fear
Tomorrow I'm starting a new series of messages going through the book of Joshua entitled "Fearless." I wanted to write this quick little post to let you know about it because I think it's a really timely study for us. Our church has been through a lot this year. The biggest transition, of course, is …
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Climate Change? In Church?
image credit: climate.nasa.gov On Sunday, in my message, I made a reference to global climate change, and since it is a hot button issue and since I got a Facebook question after the fact about it, I thought I would address it briefly here. What I said... On Sunday, I made the following points: I …
Why I Voted for Trump and Why I Won’t Do it Again
I'm posting this on my personal blog. The viewpoint I share here is not necessarily the viewpoint of the church I serve as pastor nor is it a topic of my messages on Sunday mornings. Perhaps you like the Trump presidency. Perhaps you hate it. Your opinion matters, and the comment section …
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Further Comments on 1 Corinthians 14:34-35 in Light of Paul’s Other Teaching on Women
In my last post, I talked about the problems with 1 Corinthians 14:34-35 and why they might have been added later after the Apostle Paul finished the letter. In this post, I want to highlight the fact that we don't know the full story on these verses, and that there is significant debate about …
On the Textual Reliability of 1 Corinthians 14:34-35
Before I talk about the issues with 1 Corinthians 14:34-35, I want to give a brief bit of information on the overall reliability of the text of the Bible. One of the fundamental truths about the text of the Bible is that we don't have a 100% complete copy of the original text. However, a …
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Flat/Round Earth Experiments
Apparently, something like 200,000 people in the USA believe the Earth is flat. I'm personally quite bothered by this, but rather than rant on and on about Flat Earth theory, I decided I would just simply put down here absolute definitive methods for how a person who is skeptical of all scientific …
Mobile App for 21 Days of Prayer
21 Courageous Prayers Mobile App This Sunday, we launch into our 21 Days of Prayer, and we will be following a devotional prayer guide written by Gary Rohrmayer. We have nearly 100 copies of it in paper form available for free to anyone who wants one, but I also wanted to let you know that I have …