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As congregations become larger, there is a need for a larger staff. A large staff can be a blessing or a cursing. When there is synergy, the congregation is deeply blessed, but when there is rivalry the congregation is deeply hurt. Sometimes ministers begin to jockey for position. The pulpit minister is insecure which causes [...]
Matthew | April 27, 2010
For those who read this blog that attended University to train as a preacher, you will remember reading those scholarly articles during the B.A. degree. It seemed that the hard teachers always made you quote two to three articles in every research paper. Most this was a pain, and not a pleasure. I remember looking [...]
Matthew | April 26, 2010
In preaching, like most of life, we see the people that are up in front. You could say that the main character is mostly in view. There is nothing wrong with this, it is just the way we look at life. But I want you to start to look for the other characters in the [...]
Matthew | April 24, 2010
This book is a deep look into the process of post liberal preaching. It is not a how to on this style, but a explain of preaching or teaching the word that is decentering. The book is definitely not a easy read manuscript, not that the words are big, well some, and well you need [...]
Matthew | April 22, 2010
If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day, if you teach him how to fish you feed him for a life. This is the prevalent wisdom in this world. Most people have quoted this or believe this in life. But this is a half truth. There is something more to [...]
Matthew | April 21, 2010
Over the last couple of weeks, I have been thinking about the role of tradition in our churches. I have been working on an article for one of our church publications on this topic. It really seems that we struggle with this issue. What is a tradition? What are biblical tradition as opposed to man [...]
Matthew | April 19, 2010
Rumor has it that there are few “preaching” majors in our universities that are connected to the churches of Christ. Sometimes I do not believe these reports, as universities are always saying that there is a preacher shortage, which is the case if you are considering all the smaller congregations that need to hire a [...]
Matthew | April 17, 2010
This is the third book by Paul Borden. I know Paul from a class at Denver Seminary. He was teaching the class called “How the Nature of the Church Affects Strategies for Ministry.” The class was excellent. Some of the class material is found in this book. This book deals with the role of a [...]
Matthew | April 14, 2010
Well, most of you know, I gave up ice cream for the Lent season. Yes, I know I am not Catholic, but I wanted to practice the discipline of self denial. So for about six week I never had ice cream. Well, I did cheat twice, I had a little tiny lick of ice cream [...]
Matthew | April 13, 2010
Matt Dabbs and Jay Guin put this list together. I read Jay’s post about the way the numbers were worked out and really had no clue what he was talking about, that is not his fault but mine. All I can count is people in the pews, which I will inflate and the number of [...]
