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Handling Criticism
It’s been eleven months since we launched weekly worship services, and One Church has grown from three people to 200. Overall, the process has been one blessing after another with changed lives,...
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What Does Jesus Say About Same Sex Marriage?
Jesus does not mention homosexuality or same sex marriage in the Gospels. Some Christians believe that Jesus did, however, when the Pharisees asked him his stance on divorce (divorce, mind you, not...
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Church Planters: Beware the Church Hoppers
When I meet an aspiring church planter, he or she is usually a kind, soft-hearted and trusting person. These are qualities that make for a great pastor. At the same time, these are qualities that...
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Love.Sex.Marriage.
Today, I started a new sermon series at One Church entitled Love.Sex.Marriage. There are three big “back to church” times of the year- 1) Christmas Eve/January, 2) Easter-Mother’s Day, and 3)...
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Marriage Resources
During the sermon series Love.Sex.Marriage., I’m sharing relationship resources with the One Church congregation. Two excellent marriage resources are The Zimzum of Love: A New Way of Understanding...
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What Is Love? (Baby, don’t hurt me…)
This is the first sermon from the series I’m currently teaching at One Church, Love.Sex.Marriage. It’s entitled, “What Is Love?” (Sing it with me: “Baby, don’t hurt me…”) During the sermon I quote from...
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Church Planters and Pastors: Are You Welcoming New Residents?
United Van Lines, the moving company, just released it’s 38th annual domestic migration study (how many people move in and out of each state). The map shows the states where people are moving to and...
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OpenMindedChurch.org
With the help of a growing network of church leaders, I put together a new website at openmindedchurch.org. Because the church I pastor, One Church, live streams our services and uploads on sermons on...
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A Rat Pack Sabbath
(This article originally appeared at OnFaith here.) In January 2012, I was blessed to take a ten-day trip to Israel, and our tour group spent the Sabbath in Jerusalem. On the way to our hotel on...
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Funding Your Church Plant: The Right People Should Pay for It… And It’s Not...
I occasionally coach church planters, and there is a common denominator between all of them. They are underpaid. Shocker, eh? Nondenominational planters especially are underpaid because they often...
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