What if much of what we now consider “a successful church” no longer reflects the priorities of Jesus?
If Jesus Built the Church is a searching, pastoral examination of how modern church life has drifted-often subtly, often sincerely-from the priorities …
Church leaders are storytellers by vocation.
They retell the story of Jesus — not as a static account, but as a living narrative people are invited to inhabit. But they also tell other stories alongside this one: stories about the church itself — where it has come from, where it is going, and why …
From as far back as I can remember in Bible college, we were taught that owning your own church building was a strategic Kingdom investment. We were told that owning land was like driving a stake into the ground for the Kingdom of God and carried great spiritual weight in claiming ground …
The world is obsessed with leaders: identifying them, training them, becoming them. Even in the church, this preoccupation is all-too apparent. Jesus, however, is not interested in developing leaders. Rather, he is interested in the formation of servants.
In this powerful reflection on leadership and servanthood, Dr. Hwa Yung addresses the …
Have you ever wondered why it’s so easy to identify the poor when overseas but in our own country it’s so much harder? You’re not alone. Our inability to read our own culture is one of the most challenging issues facing us as disciples of Jesus, because some of …
Some people have said that community engagement is my thing, but that’s not actually true. My thing has always been Jesus and His church. Specifically, in regards to the church, what it is that we’re supposed to do as pastors and church leaders and how that should shape our …
I was 2 years into pastoring Grace when I had a conversation with the Holy Spirit that changed my life in ways I wasn’t expecting. I was lying on our bed at home listening to Debra recount her experience at a recent conference that she’d attended and how the …
“Why do we need to spend more time addressing our mission to the poor rather than to the rich? Because very few have ever aspired to be poor.”
Dermot Cottuli
The essence of a being’s “existence” has to do with the fact that he is a “living reality” — if one no longer has or the functions of vitality, they are said to “no longer exist.” So, the essence of “death” is the absence of “life” – therefore when one dies “one ceases to exist.” …