Archive for July, 2009

• President Carter leaves the church…

  Saturday, July 25th, 2009

  Lately, I have been asking questions to get us all talking and assessing the true value, or lack there of, in the church. 
  Today, I have read how former President Jimmy Carter is turning in his “membership card” to the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC).  He is choosing to allow the United Nations to direct his life and [...]

• Why do churches fail?

  Thursday, July 16th, 2009

  Again, as I said last week, I am full of question more than answers.  Thanks to Josh Hunt, a Facebook friend, who compiled these questions and quotes…
  In How the Mighty Fall, Jim Collins (Good to Great; Built to Last) says the following: (p. 46)
  “We anticipated that most companies fall from greatness because they become complacent–the fail [...]

• Why go to Church???

  Saturday, July 11th, 2009

  Who needs it?  Why waste our time with it?  What is the value of it?  Why Church?   Fewer and fewer people are “going to church” these days.  What are we saying about church with our feet ? In one of the most difficult studies to swallow, only17.7% of Americans go to church on a regular [...]