Tag: members

• The American Church: Tempted in the Wilderness

  Tuesday Re-mix – Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the desert, where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. Luke 4:1 The church in America is in the wilderness. That’s not such a bad place to be. It’s a difficult place, often a…

  Blake

  June 7, 2011

  Church Unity, Church/State issues, conflict, leadership, missional

  bread, Christianity, church, conflict, devil, Luke 4, members, mission, politics, relationships, temptation, unity, wilderness

• The Frustration of Missing Pieces

  Tuesday Re-mix One of my “go away and do nothing” places is the beach near Port Aransas, Texas.  My in-laws own a condo down there and it has been my family’s tradition to go down there for a few days every Fall after the vacation season is over and it’s not quite so crowded.  The…

  Blake

  July 20, 2010

  Discerning God’s Will Together, leadership

  attendance, church, church growth, consensus, God’s will, members, missing pieces, puzzle