In church leadership, it is quite tempting to confuse personal preference for effective church strategy.For example, I could come up with a different U2 song to go along with virtually every message I give. In fact, I would love doing that. It would suit me and my preferences just fine. But after about the third Read the full article…
We showed this as church opened yesterday: As you can imagine, people who come up with ideas like that — and the wherewithal to make those ideas come to pass — are fun to work with. I am blessed on this day after Sunday.
On Easter Sunday, we gave away about 2,000 Without Limit 2.0 Car Deodorizers. Why in the world would we do such a bizarre thing? Well, so people would come back. And so they would use the novelty to invite their friends to come. But primarily so that each time people would get in their car Read the full article…
The word “Pentecostal” conjures up all sorts of unsettling images for many of us: weird preachers who wear white suits and drive luxury cars, “staged” healing and deliverance services, people “falling out” in the spirit, or, worse, handling snakes. And then a sneaking suspicion that there is a whole lot of avarice and immorality going Read the full article…
If you’ve ever bought a car, you’ve had the sales person ask you, “So what kind of payments are you looking for?” As if the bottom line price of the car and its options doesn’t matter, only what you have to shell out every month. Every month for the next four years. Or five. Or Read the full article…
