Category Church Chew

I’ve gotten email and had conversations with lots of folks about the upcoming Da Vinci Code movie. Mostly, it seems that Christians in general are worried about this film perhaps swaying people… Interesting. I don’t believe it will. Here’s an…

We’re examining reasons that churches choose NOT to plant new churches… Selfish reasons… Elaboration on this particular point could go on and on and cross over into the other reasons that churches choose not to plant, so I’m going to…

In this entry, I’d like to offer up some thoughts about why churches choose NOT to plant. And away we go… Why Churches Choose Not to Plant: A lack of understanding of the nature of the Church Ignorance of planting…

This is bound to be a somewhat sensitive subject for my locale. We have two churches (at least) in our area that are currently pursuing the sale of their existing property to build new facilities elsewhere. We also have other…

Who would have ever thought you could communicate scriptural stories with intricate Lego creations. Well, this guy has done it. It’s pretty amazing. And some of his pictorial creations will hit your funny bone. Check out The Brick Testament. I’ve…

I recently took my son and one of his friends to see Chronicles of Narnia. While this isn’t a movie review, just let me say that it was like a creme soda and batch of dukey cookies. (for those of…

I encourage you to read David Hankins’ post at his blog. It’s an excellent, authentic commentary about being a solution or a critic in the church today. He uses the term “paraplegic to describe the church today. May I suggest…

Journey is having a Christmas Eve service this year instead of a Sunday a.m. service since Christmas will be on Sunday. We’re encouraging our families to enjoy their families that day rather than pack everyone in the car for a…

Great comment and article on theheresy.com blog today… Come as you as are is perfectly acceptable. Stay as you are goes against the central tenets of the Christian faith.