I often say that God is in control but just because I say it doesn’t mean I am totally surrendered. There are just some things that either seem too small to bother Him with or too big to trust Him with.
In an attempt to put butts in the pews and money in the offering plate we avoid talking about suffering.
I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death,and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead. Philippians 3:10-11 (NIV)
We have changed the music. We have shortened the service length. We have stopped holding Sunday night services and Wednesday prayer. We have renamed, reinvented and rebuilt the way we do church. (more…)
