Tag: church

Why Aren’t More Christians Being Baptized?

We’re all familiar with talk of decline in the American Church. Fewer members. Fewer young people. And, in some cases, a departure from orthodox doctrine for a hipper, updated theology. I don’t worry much about...

/ November 5, 2013

Numbers matter

Whenever we pray for our church to grow, we always pause for a second before adding a little disclaimer at the end so no one takes us the wrong way. God, please bring new faces...

/ September 2, 2013

Egypt’s Christians: Fellow pilgrims

This is the third post in a four-post series called Egypt: The Brotherhood, the Christians and the Americans. The first post lays out the major groups in Egypt. The second post looks at what’s next for the Muslim...

/ August 21, 2013

Christian superstars, let’s not hurt the Church

There’s a guy at your church who is on the praise team, is an usher, teaches the Alpha course, volunteers in the kids’ Sunday school and hosts a Bible study at his house. There’s a...

/ August 12, 2013

The importance of stupidity, singleness and Sunday school

“The importance of stupidity in scientific research,” in the Journal of Cell Science is an old article that will comfort any aspiring scientists. In fact, anyone who has ever felt lost, asked a question or...

/ July 26, 2013