Month: July 2019

Our worship services have turned into Christianized mosh pits

Our worship services have turned into Christianized mosh pits

Post Dave Dorsey Reformed churches have long advocated a theological concept called the regulative principle. To quote Wikipedia, “The regulative principle of worship is a Christian doctrine, held by some Calvinists and Anabaptists, that God commands churches to conduct public services of worship using certain distinct elements affirmatively found in scripture, and conversely, that God prohi... »

Imperial Conquest missions don’t work anymore

Imperial Conquest missions don’t work anymore

Wether we like it or not, the world’s re­li­gious landscape owes much to the long history of European imperialism. But the story of empire and missions is much more complex than we might assume, and some common assumptions need debunking. In the case of some of the largest and most enduring empires, the relationship between faith and empire was strongly counterintuitive. To some degree, all the Eu... »

THE MYSTERY OF THE 10 VIRGINS | EPISODE 981

THE MYSTERY OF THE 10 VIRGINS | EPISODE 981

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The Death of Dying Churches in the Context of Church Planting:  6 Reasons That Motivate us To Seek Church Planting Versus Church Rehabilitation

The Death of Dying Churches in the Context of Church Planting: 6 Reasons That Motivate us To Seek Church Planting Versus Church Rehabilitation

6 Reasons That Motivate us To Seek Church Planting Versus Church Rehabilitation With the ever growing trend of Church planting, we have lost sight of the reality that too many churches are dying. We try to pretend that churches are not closing down everyday by creating hype with campaigns to rally around the numbers of new churches being started. But if one church opens while another closes, what’... »