The single most important thing to remember about any enterprise is that there are no results inside its walls. The result of a business is a satisfied customer. Peter Drucker
Outside the Walls of the Church Building
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Why Churches Fail to Change
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Allowing too much complacency
Failing to create a sufficiently powerful guiding coalition
Underestimating the power of vision
Under communicating the vision by a factor of 10 (or 100 or even 1,000)
Failure to remove obstacles to the vision
Not systematically planning for and creating short-term wins
Declaring victory too soon
Failure to anchor change in the organizations culture
Making a Change at Church: Eight (not so) Simple Steps
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In a previous post I quoted John Maxell who observed that older and “insecure leaders view change as a threat rather than an opportunity. ” But what if you have to change. Many small churches are facing declining membership because their traditions have not changed in decades. The prevailing belief is worship traditions are Biblical and any deviation must certainly be a sin. Even...
Jesus or Christ
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Christ was predominately used in books until the turn of the century. Since the 1980s the use of Jesus has taken dominated. Overall the use of both has dropped including use of the word “Gospel.” Data built using Google Ngram
Christ vs Money
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Source: Google Ngram data link here
Heaven vs hell
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Make your own conclusions on the Google Ngram of the following book subjects since 1800
Bible Class Audio: Salt and Light
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September 12, 2010 “Salt of the Earth and Light of the World (Part 4)
September 5, 2010 “Salt of the Earth and Light of the World (Part 3)
August 29, 2010 “Salt of the Earth and Light of the World (Part 2)
August 22, 2010 “Salt of the Earth and Light of the World(Part 1)
Bible Class Study Notes: Fulfillment of the Law
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In Matthew 5:17-20 Jesus introduces (or clarifies) concepts which are difficult to reconcile with our understanding of the gift of grace and new covenant. Questions arise. Do we follow the Law or not? Are we required to follow the Law better than the Pharisees in order to enter heaven? Is it ok to be a least in the kingdom if we are at there anyway? What exactly has to be accomplished before the...
Bible Class Study Notes: Salt and Light
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“Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets” Jesus said
Jesus wouldn’t have said something like that out of the blue, he would have said it if he thought something he had just said might have been misinterpreted. So for this Lesson let’s consider that the salt and light discussion to his disciples had something to do with the law and the prophets.
Bible Class: The Blessings of Christ Part 2
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Before you begin this study read Matthew 18:21-35 Servants who have approached the master with a poor spirit, acknowledging how broken and unrighteous we are without him and mourning over the sins we have committed, will have the master bring them into his kingdom and comfort us. Only in this state can we with meekness bring our power under his control and crave the righteousness which he has...