One Sunday evening, Jim Edwards, our former minister to young adults, illustrated a sermon point with a story about a hitchhiker. Jim said that when he was a college student making a long drive back to school in the Northwest, he picked up a hobo. As they zoomed along the interstate, the hobo kept seeing things along the shoulder.
"Look!" he'd shout. "There's an old coat. Stop so I can pick it up." ...
"Bring your fellow Levites from your ancestral tribe to join you and assist you when you and your sons minister before the Tent of the Testimony. They are to be responsible to you and are to perform all the duties of the Tent…I myself have selected your fellow Levites from among the Israelites as a gift to you, dedicated to the Lord to do the work at the Tent of Meeting."—Numbers 18: 2, ...
Money magazine annually rates the 300 best places in America to live. The ratings are based on climate, affordability, amenities, crime rate, public transportation, medical care, and other factors.
A similar approach has been taken with churches. Several major metropolitan newspapers regularly review churches. A religion writer makes an unannounced Sunday visit and analyzes everything from the sign ...
ARTICLE What Does a Healthy Church Look Like? (Part 1) Finally, a complete guide to the vibrant, dynamic, empowered, totally awesome, and really, robust church. Tracy Keenan, Ralph W. Neighbour, Jr., Steve Sjogren, Erwin McManus, Lee Eclov
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Your doctor says you're healthy, no signs of disease; blood pressure and
weight are within normal limits.
The fitness instructor says you're in terrible shape, resting pulse and body-fat
percentage are way above normal; flexibility is poor, and you just flunked
the treadmill test.
If both can be right, what does it mean to be healthy? And following the
same analogy, what does it mean for a church ...
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