Article: 9 Surefire Ways to Make Your Church Ineffective

If you go to Bethel Lutheran Church (I assume most people reading this are from Bethel) you are going to hear about Jonah’s response to God for not destroying Nineveh this Sunday. (If you need to catch up, you can listen to the first 3 sermons of this series on this website.) BUT… it is…

One of the most compassionate moments in Jesus’ life happened while he was dying on the cross. The criminal crucified next to Jesus pleaded for God’s mercy when he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.” Luke 23:42 At the moment this man begs for grace, he had already admitted to fact…

If Jesus had an obituary, what would it say? If they put it in the newspaper on Saturday, would they print a retraction on Sunday? Here is one possibility… But we know the rest of the story, don’t we? This was not the end. This was just the beginning… Pr. Ben

Pope Francis caused some controversy among theological conservative Roman Catholics when he counseled a young person who had recently lost their dog to death. Pope Francis reassured them that their dog was in heaven. One of my favorite stories about Pr. Dietrich Bonhoeffer is eerily similar to what Pope Francis encountered last week. (Pr. Bonhoeffer…

I ran across this news story that I want to share with you written by Michael Goonan from the Good News Network… It seemed that life was finally giving her a break. A single mom down to her last $7 found a $1 bill in a grocery store parking lot. So she walked back into…

When did the Christian Church officially begin?  Some would say with the 12 disciples and the others who followed Jesus during his ministry. Others would say on the day of Pentecost when Holy Spirit was given to all who believe. And still others would say in about 300AD when the first actual church building was…