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The majority of the people in the U.S. still say religion is very important in their lives. According to Gallup, Christianity is still the most prevalent religion in the United States, with 78% of American adults identifying with some form of the Christian religion in 2011. Less than 2% are Jewish, less than 1% are Muslim, and 15% do not … [Read more...]
According to Gallup, Americans (U.S.) rated their lives better in January than in any month since March of last year. Americans' life ratings have been steadily recovering since October, when they fell to their lowest level in more than two years. Read the full story at Gallup.com. … [Read more...]
Take comfort, guys, if you can't always figure out what your special someone wants. You are not alone. Renowned theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking is one of the smartest guys in the world. He contemplates stuff like cosmic string theory, gravitational singularity and the density matrix of the universe. Yet when he was asked in a … [Read more...]
A few weeks ago, I spoke to a church in New York City that is now vulnerable to eviction from the school building where they meet because they spoke of the wrong things -- religious things. As such, their speech is soon likely to be banned from NYC public school buildings that sit empty and unused on the weekend. According to city … [Read more...]
Back in the olden days (the mid-1990′s) I preached a few times at a small church (averaging 12 each Sunday) in eastern Arkansas. They had a rotation system that determined who would take the visiting speaker home for lunch, and one day my lot fell to two elderly ladies who made awesome roast beef! As I sat in their living room … [Read more...]
“The Mega Church is the best!” “No! The House/Organic Church is the best!” “No way, bro! The Hipster Church is the best!” “The Traditional Church was good for the Apostle Paul, therefore it is still the best!” We slam the Mega Church, saying it’s “too corporate and shallow.” We slam the House … [Read more...]
Celebrate Recovery, a Christ-centered 12-step restoration program launched by Rick Warren's Saddleback Church, is a central element to this sports drama. "Home Run" is a fictional story set for theatrical release in 2012 about a Big League baseball player forced to confront the outcome of his alcoholic abuse. Now, baseball movies … [Read more...]
Influx reshapes U.S. cities -- Immigrants flowing into urban America live mostly in the inner cities of huge metro areas, form tight ethnic enclaves and stick together, right? Wrong, wrong and wrong. Yesterday, cities were in the nations. Today, the nations are in the cities, urban ministry pioneer Ray Bakke has observed. But to … [Read more...]
RICHMOND, Va. (BP) -- As the global population reached an estimated 7 billion in October, crowds in the United States and other developed countries were "occupying" various city parks and squares to protest corporate greed and other perceived inequalities. Elsewhere, billions of people continued to focus on more immediate concerns -- … [Read more...]
Creativity matters in ministry. It matters because God is creative. He’s the most creative being in the entire universe. It only makes sense that we serve God with our creatively. How do you develop a culture of innovation in your church? You need a theology of innovation. We are most like our creator when we’re creative. God … [Read more...]
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