Summary: Current Christian preaching and practice focuses almost exclusively on the individual. But the gospel is more than that. It's the creation …
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The World’s Greatest (and Only) Effective Church Growth Strategy
Summary: The spread of Christianity hinges on behavior, not beliefs. The current American lifestyle and institutions that serve it …
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3 Critical Life Decisions You Shouldn’t Make Without Your Church
Summary: Humans were designed to operate in the context of family. American culture has abandoned this mindset. Until family (physical and …
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Why Doesn’t Life-Altering Discipleship Happen Much?
Summary: Kingdom community is the soil in which discipleship should take place. It's hard to find Kingdom community in an individualistic …
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The Chances Your Group Will Live Happily Ever After
People are going to bug you. Of course, you never bug them, right? :) One of the biggest obstacles that exists in the development of relationships …
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Where the Community Fun Ends and the Hard Work Begins
Yes, technology and architecture have been major factors in the destruction of the experience of community in our culture. If you so dare to take the …
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Loving Your Neighbor Right Next Door
When pondering what Jesus said about the best way to live (loving God and neighbor as He has loved you - see last post), we will undoubtedly want to …
How Money Persuades You to Live Independently
Let's talk about something that I'm not sure I've ever heard anyone specifically talk about. It's the role that money plays in our ability to …
How to Overcome the Illness of Individualism
So, if our individualism is the biggest obstacle to experiencing healthy community, how do we overcome it? What’s going to motivate us to stop …
The Challenges of Shifting to a Community Lifestyle
For those that dare to make the decision to change their lifestyle for the sake of close-knit-biblical-organic-Kingdom-church-body-life-community, …
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