Tag: influence

• The Key to Your Church’s Strength

  And he told her all his heart, and said to her, “A razor has never come upon my head, for I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If my head is shaved, then my strength will leave me, and I shall become weak and be like any other man.” Judges 16:17…

  Blake

  May 19, 2016

  5 Principles of Unity, Christian Accountability, Church Unity, Genuine Community, Reconciliation

  Christian, church, dysfunctional, eklesia, flawed, influence, Jesus, John 17, Judges 16, Matthew 18, power, prayer, relationships, Samson, strength

• Losing Our Popularity

  “Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves. Beware of men, for they will deliver you over to courts and flog you in their synagogues, and you will be dragged before governors and kings for my sake, to bear witness before…

  Blake

  July 9, 2015

  Church Law, Church/State issues, leadership, missional, The Church’s Influence, the revolution

  Christian, church, gay marriage, influence, Jesus, Matthew 10, Obergefell, political, popularity, same-sex marriage, Supreme Court, tax-exemption

• No Church is an Island

  Thus says the Lord, “By this you shall know that I am the Lord: behold, with the staff that is in my hand I will strike the water that is in the Nile, and it shall turn into blood. The fish in the Nile shall die, and the Nile will stink…  Exodus 7:17-18 For he…

  Blake

  March 19, 2015

  5 Principles of Unity, Christian Accountability, Church Communications, Church Unity, Genuine Community, leadership, missional, the revolution

  community, connection, Exodus 7, hardened, heart, influence, island, Jesus, John Donne, Matthew 5, Moses, Pharaoh, plagues, world