Category: church

Thieves in the Temple

September 10, 2010 | 5 comments

I read another good book this summer, “Thieves in the Temple,” by G. Jeffrey MacDonald. “The Christian Church and the selling of the American soul,” is the subtitle, and gives you a quick sense of where he is going to

Young people leaving church

May 13, 2010 | 4 comments

I read a front page article in USA Today, April 27th, titled “Young adults less devoted to faith.” The first paragraph reported, “Most young adults today don’t pray, don’t worship and don’t read the Bible…” The article continues to report

You are safe in your spiritual work

April 16, 2010 | 5 comments

Every once in a while, I have someone tell me that the more involved they get with church work or get deeper into their study and practice of Christian Science, that they experience greater attack by disease, conflict or trouble.

Church growth

February 1, 2010 | 2 comments

A paraphrase of some ideas Rick Warren has on how to grow a church that I found in a column written by Rich Karlgaard in Forbes magazine (2/16/04). Don’t try to make your church grow. Instead, work to make your

Prosperity gospel and the recession

December 28, 2009 | 8 comments

I read an eye-catching article titled, “Did Christianity Cause the Crash?” in The Atlantic. Hanna Rosin, the author, argues that the prosperity gospel preached to tens of millions of Christians, promoted excess financial risk-taking that contributed to the housing bubble