Tag: preaching

• Breast-feeding the Church

  Tuesday Re-mix – My brothers and sisters, some from Chloe’s household have informed me that there are quarrels among you.  What I mean is this: One of you says, “I follow Paul”; another, “I follow Apollos”; another, “I follow Cephas”; still another, “I follow Christ.”…Brothers and sisters, I could not address you as people who live…

  Blake

  October 9, 2012

  Church Unity, conflict, Corinthians, Spiritual Formation

  1 Corinthians 1, Apollos, baby, birds, breast-feeding, Cephas, Christian, church, conflict, digesting, disagreement, fights, immaturity, infants, maturity, milk, nest, pastor, Paul, Peter, preaching, quarrels

• The Missing Piece in Gathered Worship

  Tuesday Re-mix –  Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.  1 Corinthians 12:27 If the goal of worship is to connect with God, then there are only two “grades” you can give a gathered worship experience: “A” or “F”.  It is pretty much a pass/fail…

  Blake

  February 7, 2012

  Church Unity, Genuine Community, I Corinthians 12, Worship Wars

  1 Corinthians 12, body, choruses, church, community, corporate, gathered, hymns, missing piece, prayer, preaching, puzzle, worship

• Preaching is Up, So Why Isn’t the Church?

  Tuesday Re-mix – This is a popular post from last year, updated and resubmitted for your consideration and comments. My impression is that the church in America is getting LESS Biblically literate, not more. I don’t have any scientific data to support that impression. Maybe the Barna Group or someone like that has researched it.…

  Blake

  June 23, 2009

  Spiritual Formation

  Bible, Biblical literacy, church, preaching, scripture, seminary, Spiritual Formation, teacher, theology