Category Church Chew

Church Chew, Goin' to Town

A la carte: 20 year-old cluelessness, Milennials leaving the church?, 40-minute sermons too long?, Flickr alternative Trovebox

A la carte is a collection of articles and observations ranging from technology to church. In this entry:
Things 20 year-olds don't get
Are milennials really leaving the church?
Are 40-minute sermons passÃ©?
A Flickr alternative: Trovebox

Jeff Noble
September 2, 2013
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Church Chew

You will know them by their tweets

Miley Cyrus' recent gyrations on the VMA produced a volume of tweets that rivaled the last presidential election. We are a shallow culture.

Jeff Noble
August 30, 2013

Church Chew, Goin' to Town

A la carte: Emails, Saving Barnes & Noble, Giving Decline, Wal-Mart

For my newer readers, a la carte is a collection of articles and posts across the web that I’ve bookmarked as interesting (usually through Pocket, a great service). Here we go: Evangelism and Email Chuck Lawless raises practical concerns about…

Jeff Noble
August 12, 2013

Church Chew, Goin' to Town

A la carte: Are you doing team leadership wrong?, Interns, and 3 Issues Churches Must Answer

Are you doing team leadership wrong? Phil Cooke offers some strong advice about meetings, teams and decisions on this blog entry: Teams are for brainstorming and execution. Leaders make decisions. Simple as that. What’s happening today is that too many…

Jeff Noble
May 20, 2013

Church Chew, Featured

A response to Jen Hatmaker

Having not been invited to speak in large churches in the first place, I figure that I've had similar experiences so I could readily identify with her indignation. Her blog entry is a beautifully-written description of the importance of Christians having a loving heart towards all people. She expresses deep concern for how some in the American church have turned off genuine seekers by their arrogance and judgmental attitude.

Jeff Noble
March 25, 2013
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Church Chew

A pause in preaching provides perspective

Tomorrow will be the first time I’ve preached atNorthstarin four weeks. I’ve not been gone – just thrilled that we have so many qualified teachers/preachers in our congregation that we can raise up a “teaching team.” Being able tobe thereandbe…

Jeff Noble
March 16, 2013

Church Chew, Parchment Reviews

Review: Building a Discipling Culture

This entry is a review of Mike Breen and Steve Cockram's book "Building a Discipling Culture" which describes the discipleship model of 3DM.

Jeff Noble
December 3, 2012
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Church Chew

Northstar Church 2012 Homecoming video

Props to Cody Davenport for creating this fantastic highlight video of Northstar Church’s ministry over the past nine years. We were unable to show it outside on Homecoming Sunday due to technical problems, but we showed it the following Sunday.…

Jeff Noble
November 21, 2012

Church Chew

Today is Reformation Day

From the Desiring God website: Today is Reformation Day. Martin Luther posted his explosive 95 theses October 31, 1517. In the wake of Luther’s life, an army of Reformers soon emerged. Foremost among them was John Calvin. Together they recovered…

Jeff Noble
October 31, 2012

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