Matthew | October 31, 2008
As I am processing the fact that I am moving away from Waynesboro, I have been reflecting on the ministry here. I have seen preachers go to a church divide it, kill it, and destroy the body of Christ. It has always been my intention to leave everything congregation that I have worked with better [...]
Matthew | October 30, 2008
Today will mark the day that I am the poorest that I have ever been. Charity and I are closing on our house at 3365 Holly Hock. The house is in the Meadows subdivision in Castle Rock. It has been a interesting experience. We had to sign and have notarized all of the documents yesterday [...]
Matthew | October 29, 2008
It is a proven fact that the Christian Church is growing faster than the churches of Christ. The Christian Church is similar to churches of Christ in general except for a few issues: instrumental music, missionary society, and hermeneutics. Mostly the congregations are the same in most categories. This begs the question “why are the [...]
Matthew | October 28, 2008
Aubrey Malphurs has numerous works about the church and congregational leadership on the market. I remember reading his book on planting churches which was excellent. This book is a needed wake up call to churches across America. He has some superb discussion on culture. He highlights the pervading influence that culture has on congregations. Culture [...]
Matthew | October 27, 2008
It has been some time since I have done a book review. With moving and packing, traveling and studying, book reading has taken a back seat. This weekend I finished this title by Thomas Friedman. When I saw this book on the rack I was excited because I enjoyed his previous book “The World is [...]
Matthew | October 26, 2008
I was so excited about the possiblity of Tennessee taking out number two ranked Alabama. It would have been a wonderful upset that the Tennessee fans could hang a season on. It looked like it was going to be close with good defense by the Vols. But once again the offense could do nothing. We [...]
Matthew | October 24, 2008
This post is not about politics or the election but about how elders come to make a decision. I assumed recently that the only way for elders to make a decision is by each individual elder voting on a certain plan, policy, decision, and personnel. Being an elder meant that you received one vote within [...]
Matthew | October 23, 2008
I am all for change. I believe every congregation in the brotherhood has something to change about itself. There are no perfect churches in the fellowship. If a congregation considers themselves to be perfect, maybe it needs to work on humility. But sometimes I see young preachers hurting healthy churches by coming in to change [...]
Matthew | October 22, 2008
With the advent of the mega-church movement, there was a focus on developing vision statements for a congregation. This was a step in the right direction because too many congregations have no vision for the future. To quote an elder that I worked with in another congregation, “Vision, we have no vision, we do not [...]
Matthew | October 21, 2008
The move to Colorado is going to happen soon. I have been giving some thought to certain hobbies while I am there. Of course I am going to be a huge hockey fan and I believe I will play in a recreational men’s hockey league. I have also been thinking about golf. I golfed a [...]
