Engagement

August 1, 2019

Saving and Preparing Ourselves vs. Co-Habitation: Which One Works Best?

A past and present generation has found many times that co-habitation has failed in producing what they desired—intimacy. A future generation needs, even wants role models that will show them the value of lasting, relational oneness.
July 26, 2019

Marriage: The Bible’s Portrait or the Post-Christian Culture’s Depiction?

The time is right to compare and to contrast how our post-Christian culture seeks to derive meaning and value from marriage, and how the Bible portrays it for the welfare and happiness of human life and culture.
May 15, 2019

Why Fewer People Belong to Church: 9. Homogeneity as a Strategy

The same birds of a feather want more of the same birds to come, but new flocks of the same feather aren’t flying in their neighborhood anymore.
May 8, 2019

Why Fewer People Belong to Church: 8: Silo-ing

Salt and light were meant to be spread, not hidden or siloed from the rest of the world.
April 25, 2019

Why Fewer People Belong to Church: 6. ABUSE

Jesus told Peter, “Do you love me? Then feed my sheep.” In our day, part of that “feeding” necessitates cleansing and bandaging the wounds that many of God’s people have received from the butchering and abuse of harassment from within the church.
April 18, 2019

Why Fewer People Belong to Church: 5. Boredom

Many church leavers are not interested in entertainment either. They simply want spiritual food that’s strikes their interest, their curiosity and their human need.
April 12, 2019

Why Fewer People Belong to Church: 4. Burnout

When it comes to burnout, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, especially when volunteerism is examined from a particular program’s present value and impact, rather than “we’ve always done it this way before.”
March 28, 2019

Why Fewer People Belong to Church: 3. Disappointment

Jesus' example of identifying with people must serve as our model if we ever hope to turn the tide favorably back towards the church and her incarnational place in society.
March 21, 2019

Why Fewer People Belong to Church: 2. Disinterest

People looking for a church found that the congregatons they visited failed to engage them in meaningful ways.