There is no more obvious indicator of spiritual decay or deadness than disdain for the joyful worship of others. None.
I’ve seen it in church after church, and heard it from scores of worship leaders in multiple denominations. Every one of them has dealt with someone or a group of someones who bristle at…
Seriously, when was the last time you heard someone say something positive about their church’s worship music?
I don’t blame them. There’s no surer way to get myself in a deep funk (and I don’t mean the musical kind) than to watch some church’s live stream on Sunday afternoon after my own worship leading is…
If you’re a Christian who doesn’t go to church, I bet I can tell you why. Because I was one…for a while.
We had just left pastoring a church because of a death in our family. My brother-in-law had been killed by a drunk driver, so I quit my job and moved my family for…
I was browsing through local church websites the other day, looking at their statements of faith. That’s basically a list of what they believe. Most had predictable statements about believing in one God, Jesus is His Son, and the Bible is God’s Word, etc. You know, traditional Christian theology.
But I did stumble upon one church that…
The flag ladies you'll find in some churches fascinate me. They’re the equivalent of a church dance team, although there’s no pelvic gyrating. Their feet hardly ever leave the floor, which keeps them from doing anything that might look like actual dancing.
I grew up Baptist, so dancing was always a big no-no, right…