One of the most frequent concerns we hear, when working with congregational transformation, is “We don’t have enough people to do all the ministries.” Interestingly, when we investigate, we’ll hear these same words from both staff and volunteers – as w... »
As a former atheist I lived by this principle; Without the boundaries of a higher power beyond the standard of our own, there’s no reason to succumb to the self righteous opinions of others.. Atheists, by the source of their philosophy have no justified reason to believe in morality, if we’re no more than biological makeup, and our existence is purely materialistic than morals, emotions, relations... »
Take this principle and apply it to every doctrine which seperates one religous body from another. When the church was established there were no denominations for they all taught what Jesus taught(1 st. Corinthians 1:10; 4:17 ) Denominations would cease to exist if they dealt with this question. Jesus taught only one doctrine, and there was unity. By whose authority have mortals changed his teachi... »
Most of us have heard of the 80/20 rule, sometimes called the Pareto principle. It was named after its “inventor,” Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto who noticed about 20% of the peapods in his garden contained 80% of the peas. To put it more generally,... »