http://churchredone.com Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 22 Nov 2008 22:16:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTc_FoELt8s] John Piper on "Prosperity Gospel" Transcript: I don't know what you feel about the prosperty gospel; the health, wealth, and prosperity gospel. But I'll tell you what I feel about it; hatred. It is not the gospel. It is being exported from this country to Africa and Asia. Selling a bill of goods ... http://churchredone.com/prosperity-gospel-is-neither-43/ It's been a while since I first wrote about the numerous ways churches thwarted my efforts to discover them. I thought it was time for an update and so I've decided to share 10 ways pastors/churches insult churchgoers and the cities they are called to serve. I've experienced ... http://churchredone.com/10-ways-to-insult-and-disrespect-churchgoers-42/ [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OY6F0pkArds] Paul Washer on False Hope Transcript: I am going to preach a message tonight that has angered many many church men. It seems we would rather hold on to a false hope, than to hear the truth. I hear people all over the world, especially in this county tell me that they're saved and ... http://churchredone.com/how-do-you-know-that-you-believe-36/ It seems that 10 Ways to Keep Me From Discovering Your Church inspired Adam at AskingY to take a look at ways in which individuals keep from building community in the church. While my article focused on ways the church thwarts visitors, Adam's takes on ways that individuals thwart ... http://churchredone.com/how-not-to-build-community-at-church-33/ I'm a messy individual. Both figuratively and literally. I miss hosting a small group for various reasons, one of which is that it required me to thoroughly clean my apartment on a weekly basis. Now the wrath of my roommate/landlord helps to motivate me, except he's not ... http://churchredone.com/can-you-love-a-mess-a-life-depends-on-it-31/ In response to my 10 Ways to Keep Me from Discovering Your Church, Church Redone reader Andy Raffalski sent in a list of 10 ways to draw someone to a church. I've included his list below (in bold) along with my comments. Pursue me : Being pursued by a church ... http://churchredone.com/10-ways-to-draw-me-to-your-church-32/ A lot of first-time church visitors don't pay much attention to guest speakers for various reasons: It doesn't tell them much about the regular pastor The service flow and timing can be quite different than normal There may also be a guest worship team The visit may not benefit them in determining much about ... http://churchredone.com/guest-speakers-gone-wild-27/ I'm now a few weeks into looking for a new fellowship body and I've come up against many barriers that churches have in place to keep me from easily finding or connecting with them. There are a couple local churches that have completely vexed my efforts to learn more ... http://churchredone.com/10-ways-to-keep-me-from-discovering-your-church-26/ In Matthew 25 Jesus lays down the mandate for His followers to feed, hydrate, welcome, clothe, nurse and visit the poor, afflicted and imprisoned. "Then the King will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since ... http://churchredone.com/a-distant-and-diplomatic-love-16/ More often than not, my growth in Christ-likeness has been a slow, almost indiscernible process. It is like losing weight in that the day-to-day or even week-to-week changes are not really noticeable, but then a year down the road you look into the mirror and a different person is ... http://churchredone.com/from-contempt-to-compassion-14/