Gathering Crowds – Or Making Disciples?
APRIL 26, 2014 | BY: MICAH BALES -- What is the basis of real spiritual community? A large number of people showing...
Star Trek and the Language of Worship
OCT 7, 2013 | BY: SUZANNE CASTLE -- I did not know when I was a girl watching the various iterations of Star Trek with my daddy that it would be...
Five Things that are Holding Christianity Back
SEPT 20, 2013 | BY: CHRISTIAN PIATT -- I’m often asked about what trends I see within Christianity, both good and bad. So in my ongoing...
8 Good Reasons to Change Modern Church Service
AUGUST 29, 2013 | BY: YAHOLO HOYT -- Sunday morning church service is not serving the needs of Christians in our present time...
When Worship SUCKS!
AUGUST 17, 2013 | BY: STEPHEN MATTSON -- It’s been said that all a worship leader needs to have is a pure and righteous heart, and...
A Tale of Two Churches
AUGUST 15, 2013 | BY: STEPHEN JARNICK -- It really doesn't matter whether we choose churches with skinny jeans and electric guitars...
The Nationalistic Corruption of Worship in America
BY: CRAIG M. WATTS -- The best way for nationalism to take precedence over religion is for it to wear the mantle of religion, even if unofficially...
Why singing “Our God is Greater” *might* make our God seem less great
There’s a song that has made its rounds in the evangelical church circuit called “Our God Is Greater.” This song is commendable on many levels. First, the melody is catchy. If you haven’t listened to or sung...
Worship, Evangelism and “Earning the Right” to Invite
Those of us who are involved in church are well-trained to invite people to worship. We find ways to bring up in conversation how great our music is, how compelling the sermons are and how children are invo...
The Worship Wars
One reason churches are splitting these days is over forms of worship. There are those who contend that we are not going to bring in a new generation of young people unless we introduce into the worship service...