Category Archives: Thought Questions

Intriguing recently released book: The Other 80 Percent: Turning Your Church’s Spectators into Active Participants. Here’s a summary. I’m sure we all agree that most of our members need to be more committed and more active. But what do you … Continue reading →

Another intriguing article from Christianity Today. Now, I think the author is kind of right, but if Christianity at its purest is not religion but relationship, what is the nature of that relationship? That we’re casual friends with God who … Continue reading →

This is a quotation from The Church Between Gospel and Culture by Hunsberger and Gelder — Our current movements to convert and make a difference generally do not arise from such a way of life. They are too much marked by … Continue reading →

Here’s a recent story from the BrotherhoodNews website. Please click over, read the story, and then come back to let us know what you think.

Great, great article from Christianity Today on the growth of Christianity in India. What do you think?

Any lessons here for church leadership? Any lessons here for Christian life?

At his Jesus Creed blog, Scot McKnight is working through the textbook Church: A Guide for the Perplexed by Matt Jensen and David Wilhie. I’ve not bought this one (yet), but I found a particular point about the church worthy of some reflection — … Continue reading →

Here’s a fascinating article from Christianity Today discussing the reasons pop music forms have come to dominate most church worship and arguing for a wider range of expression. What do you think? PS — Here are some examples of the … Continue reading →

It’s increasingly fashionable for parents to dress their daughters like tramps (skanks, not hobos), and at younger and younger ages. From a recent article in Christianity Today based on this article in USA Today — [T]he curious Christian can’t help … Continue reading →

HistoryGuy, who’s been missing far too long due to health problems, wrote, The conversation about the flag seems to have become a discussion about pacifism. If a flag should not be present because pacifism is true, then simply state that as a … Continue reading →