“The Gospel we preach produces the churches we get.” -Scot McKnight I was talking through this statement with my roommate, and my thoughts went like this: If the Gospel we preach produces the churches we get, then we’re not preaching the right Gospel. Either we’re not preaching the full Gospel, or we’re not reaching the...
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The saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task. Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. He must manage his own...
I have to admit I’ve been slack on my posting. Maybe it’s because every time I’m introduced, people tack on “he has a blog.” Maybe it’s because I’ve been busy. Maybe it’s because like most of New Orleans, I’m finding myself hitting that 2 month mark of frustration and my anger is rising. No doubt...
I’ve known about Matt Chandler and The Village Church for about a year now. My friend Clint introduced me to the church and podcasts, and for a while Clint was an unpaid intern there. The other day, Steve McCoy implored us to listen to Chandler’s message from the Resurgence Conference this year. It was entitled...
A guy has been going to a particular church for two months. During those two months maybe one person introduces him- or her-self every week. The guy knows a few people at the church, but they’re all on staff or have responsibilities before, during, and after the service, so he can’t sit with them. Every...