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What I Want to be When I Grow Up!
A megachurch pastor! Or a men’s ministries pastor in a megachurch! Or a women’s ministries pastor in a megachurch! Those salaries aren’t bad: $139,000 Median salary for senior pastors at megachurches (2,000+ in weekly attendance). $60,000 Median salary for men’s ministry pastors at megachurches. $47,000 Median salary for women’s ministry pastors at megachurches. More good stuff HERE.
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Religious
This column in Christianity Today is thought-provoking. Are you “religious” or “spiritual”? Careful how you answer! The word religion comes from the Latin religare (re: “back,” and ligare: “to bind”), so the term is associated with being bound. In that sense, defining oneself as “spiritual, not religious” couldn’t be more apt, reflecting a desire to not be bound by any…
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Revisiting the Reformation
Christianity Today is running a series of articles from world evangelical leaders on their views of what is needed in the 21st Century. Rene Padilla’s column focused on a return to first principles, especially as it regards the first Lausanne Conference. Padilla’s opening line: A key problem of evangelical churches worldwide is the unilateral emphasis on numerical growth. For the…
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Oddly Enough… We ARE Odd!
Mark Galli strikes to the heart of our aversion to being “different” as evangelicals in America. We just want to be dog-gone normal! We want to compete with the local coffee shop or bar. In his column, Galli relates the story of a lawsuit brought by a high school senior who didn’t want the graduation to take place in a…
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Engaging the Culture
I have posted a couple of times on an interview with James Davison Hunter in Christianity Today. Hunter’s take on our political activity is critical, and I agree. Yet, he raised the hackles of Chuck Colson, another man I deeply admire. Colson’s critique was a bit too critical, in my view. He felt Hunter’s position meant Christians just withdraw from society.…
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Faithful Presence and Faithful Activism
I wrote some comments on a Christianity Today interview I read. Then, I saw a response from Chuck Colson. Colson is a hero of mine, so I appreciate his thoughts on this subject as well. He disagrees with the premise, of course. So, we read, evaluate, and hopefully reach some good conclusions of our own. Colson’s conclusion is something with…
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What Role DOES the Church Play?
I find it so incredibly interesting that when a thought comes through my mind and I begin to work it over, I find an article that seems to speak directly to it. Just the other day there was this thought: “What role DOES the Church play in this world? Are we really better off looking for a ‘Christian’ culture? SHOULD…
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The Death of (the historical) Jesus
A great article about what I would hope to be the end of an era. From the outrageous “Jesus Seminar” to today, there has been this “quest” for some mythical Jesus. What has happened is we just keep creating Jesus in our own image. There are “scholars” who just don’t want to believe the Scriptures, so they go off on…
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I Love this (Bar)… (Church)…
Mark Galli is becoming a favorite of mine. He cuts through the cultural laziness we have as a church. His recent article deals with just how “friendly” a pastor or church should be. Really, putting it in pure poll numbers, the church just isn’t ranking up there! Isn’t that just a shame? We’d rather go to the local bar than…
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