Posts Tagged ‘church’

They Like Jesus, But Not Us – sermon

// May 8th, 2008 // View Comments // All, Ministry, Personal

I preached this at our church Sunday night. It isn’t original material, and some of it I have talked about in previous posts. Anyways, enjoy, and comment if you like.

*Note: I preached this to several older church members. So I was careful.

 
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They Like Jesus But Not The Church pt 1

// March 5th, 2008 // View Comments // All, Ministry, Personal

I don’t even know where to begin. There is a lot going on in my head right now. Lately I have been really thinking through what it means to be a Christian in today’s world. As I look at the average American church and the culture of today, I am growing more and more dissatisfied. I recently began building a youth ministry in the heart of a city that is 50% college age and younger. But we aren’t attracting anyone from that age group to our church. Being in this community has caused me to ask some really hard questions about what I think youth ministry and ministry in general is and should be.
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