President Carter leaves the church…

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 faith  He appears to be turning to the United Nations as his...

Why do churches fail?

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 to stimulate innovation, they fail to...

Why go to Church???

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 basis, according to Olson1.  People are leaving the church very early in life and not...

When Love Calls for Pain

What do you do when someone close to you  is making decisions that you know they will later regret?  Their choices are not just questionable, they are wrong because the path that the decisions lead them down is dark and harmful.  One day their choices will cause tremendous pain and harm to them and others.  What do you do?  Do you say anything at all?  Do you remain silent and remain...