Today, a video project I’m involved with on repentance was released today entitled “The Winds of Philosophy and Methodology”. Visit this link daily for reflections on repentance. The Winds of Philosophy and Methodology from NCFIC on Vimeo. Tomorrow, July 8, 2017 the Times News will publish my column on the Sufficiency of Scripture in print…
Sufficiency of Scripture
Effective Ways to Reach Youth and Young Adults
First, realize that the title of my post today is with my tongue in my cheek, sort of speak. I’m not employing the title to attract readers. When I’m away for a stretch of time I like to take a moment and catch up on my regular reading circuit of newsletters I subscribe to and…
Sufficiency of Scripture in Missions
The Bible is sufficient for the church. The new president of the International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention put it this way in a recent interview after his appointment as lead of the IMB.
Preach Christ or Nothing
It’s not unusual to read history of churches using a bar as a gathering place for a worship service, especially in the west, but not as a time to get a drink or two. An article that was posted over the weekend at npr.org has some churches thinking that it would be a good idea…
Is Your Church “Youth Group” Even Biblical?
Over a decade ago I began a long journey asking this kind of question. At the time I was still in a church as a ‘youth pastor’ and beginning to notice some uncomfortable trends among the students in our church youth group. In early 2011, the church I now pastor, Eastside Baptist Church, took a…
The Importance of Doctrine
The overwhelming evidence and ongoing discussion of the trending decline of attenders in evangelical churches continues to be a major discussion point in denominations who have built a financial economic dependence on numbers. I find the statistical reporting of the trends both insightful and confusing. As helpful as the data is in noticing a trend,…
Up For Debate
Over the weekend Moody Radio aired a healthy discussion on the program “Up For Debate” on the issue of modern youth/children’s ministry and age integration. Listen in as Julie Roys moderates discussion between Scott Brown and Luke MacDonald. Do churches, with their separate children’s and youth ministries, unwittingly divide the family? Up For Debate: Listen…
Preach the Word
I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by His appearing and His kingdom: preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great patience and instruction. For the time will come when they…
Sufficiency of Scripture
I remember for the first time seriously considering the advice at a type of church growth conference or a leadership development conference I attended. The advice that we attract more flies with honey than we do with vinegar has been around for decades, maybe longer. Where this may be true in the fly kingdom and…