The following article is abridged and repurposed, with express permission of the author, from the Cripplegate blog. The original article can be read here. The...
Tag: Local Church
What is a Pastor?
In my last two blog articles, I asked the question, “Where have all the pastors gone?” I have asked this question from a Namibian context and perspective. Moral failure, personal...
Where Have All the Pastors Gone? (Part 2)
In my last post, I lamented the loss of pastoral integrity, as I observe it from the viewpoint of the Namibian church. In this brief blog, I want to focus on the other side of the coin—namely...
Pastoring, Not Pestering
There is perhaps a fine line between pastoring and pestering. If so, I want to work hard on staying on the correct side of that line. But it is not always easy. One man’s concern is another...
Doing Heaven’s Work In Hell’s Headquarters: How Not To Become a Worldly Church Like Pergamum
I once visited a site of one of John’s seven churches in Asia Minor (modern day Turkey), but I never made it to Pergamum. Or so I thought—until I began studying this church in Revelation 2 and...
And Yet
Australian theologian Peter Tong is concerned about bad theology being perpetuated via the Internet. He, along with many pastors—including this one—is concerned that an overreliance, and an...
The Right to Complain
All my life I have heard it said, in way or another, “If you don’t exercise your right to vote then you lose your right to complain.” I won’t debate the merits of this adage; it...
Checking In, Checking Out
Jonathan Leeman writes,
In the West today, individuals and families often resign their church membership like they check out of hotels. They make sure they have all their...
Listening Well
Lately, I’ve been musing on congregational life in the local church, both its immense privileges as well as its responsibilities. The following is a “first instalment.”
As a child, I did...
Eight Ways to Leave Church Without Not Going to Church
I was inspired to write this I saw an article called “8 ways to stop going to church without anyone noticing.” Initially I thought it was a good simple article, but on second thought I feel...