Tag: Spiritual

• Small Groups are Key to Church Unity

  Looking back at the hundred-or-so conflicted congregations with whom I have been called to consult over the last couple of decades, here is an important observation: only a small handful (or so) of them had a strong small group ministry. The vast majority of them either had no small group ministry or they had a…

  Blake

  April 7, 2016

  Christian Accountability, Church Unity, Genuine Community, leadership, Spiritual Formation

  Christian, church, doctrine, formation, friendship, leadership, relationships, small groups, Spiritual, transformation, unity

• Truth, Bias, and the American Way

  Tuesday Re-mix: Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet’s own interpretation of things. For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.  2 Peter 1:20-21 As a trial attorney, I suppose I…

  Blake

  October 21, 2014

  Church Communications, conflict, Discerning God’s Will Together, leadership, missional, The Church’s Influence

  2 Peter 1, American, bias, church, culture, gay, gender, homosexual, journalism, juror, jury, LGBT, media, news, scripture, secular, Spiritual, truth, voir dire

• That the World Might See

   “I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers, that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope…

  Blake

  September 4, 2014

  Discerning God’s Will Together, leadership, missional, The Church’s Influence, Why I Love My Pastor

  art, chess, Ephesians 1, gallery, heavenly, Kiev, lens, microscope, miniature, Paul, pin, realms, Spiritual, Syadristy, Ukraine, unseen, world