Category Archives: church

Our Church Is Dying Because We Are Killing It

This was my sermon for Sunday, August 1, 2010.  The scripture passages I used were  Colossians 3 and Luke 12:13-21. It wa a harsh sermon, but one I felt needed to be preached. If you have a chance to read it and have a comment for me, I would appreciate it. —– A new Pastor [...]

How to Have Power in Your Life as a Pastor

  This quote is from DARRYL on dashhouse.com is originally from his now defunct blog “Dying Church” To have power in your life as a pastor, it is supremely important that you make it a first order of business for the rest of your life not to do things to impress people or gain a [...]

Martin Luther’s Words Before the Offering Was Collected

This quote is from Martin Luther and was originally published  on Christ Is Deeper Still (I found it on the blog “The Jesus Paradigm” – link below).  I wonder how these words would go over in most churches.  “Not well” is my guess. “I understand that this is the week for the church collection, and [...]