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With An Idea From Martin Luther King, Jr.
Meet “The Beloved Community,” an idea MLK advocated for in the 1950s.
Nothing But the Blood: Why They Crucified the King
This is "Nothing But the Blood: Why They Crucified the King" by Community Fellowship Church on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who…
repeat from the time of Luther?
Unchangeable future? Or the future that might be if we allow it? You tell me. . .
Where will the Next Church Travel Idea Come From?
Where will the Next Church Idea Come From ? New Connections Innovative Visions Personal Points of View An Unbelievable Story New Friends Great Perspectives T...
Who Is the King of the Church?
It's time for the church of the Living God to stop listening to super stars and start demanding culture builders who equip saints they love in an atmosphere of grace.
Who Is Willing to Bow Before the King?
If this doesn’t scare the hell out of you, nothing will...
Fresh Ideas for Administration & Finance
What’s the fairest way to set a pastoral salary? Volunteer secretaries: how do you maximize their willingness? What’s the key to shorter board meetings? Does growth always mean another building program? (No!) How does a church keep benevolences from becoming another welfare system? What are the best ways to use video? computers? How many committees does a church really need?
Doctrine, Idea, or Person?
The Apostles’ Creed has united Christians across centuries, continents, and traditions. It proclaims eternal, world-changing truths that work themselves into the smallest corners of daily life. We believe them. We recite them. But do we build our lives on them? In this excerpt from The Apostles’ Creed: A Guide to the Ancient Catechism, author Ben …
How to Focus on the Important, Not Urgent
By H.B. Charles, Jr. How do you walk the fine line between the things that are important and the things that are urgent in your leadership? Many things demand a pastor’s attention. There’s the public ministry of preaching, music, and prayer. There’s time spent caring for those who are sick, grieving, confused, troubled, or hurt. […]
Marriage: God's Good Idea?
Marriage is God's good idea. The covenant of marriage in Scripture is a legal, binding agreement that cannot be broken.
Forty Ideas for Your Lent
Helping you to live your faith at home, work and in the public square.
Ideologies, Ideas, Idols and Insanity
It seems to me that the only thing more commonplace than religion is false religion, and the most convincing form of false religion is an ideology.<br>What is an ideology? An ideology is an idee fixe.. good idea believed as the only idea...an idea that has become an obsession.<br>Everyone wants something to believe in. We all want
What Is a Bible-Thumper — And Is it a Good Thing?
Picture someone trying to get a truth across to you by taking a huge King James Version of the Bible and hitting you over the head with it. Now, that would be a literal interpretation of a Bible-thumper. But metaphorically, it is someone who...
Five Fresh Ideas for Renewing Prayer
Prayer is a cherished time to come to know God and to reflect, yet prayer can become rote. Even if we do pray daily we may at times find it fruitless or notice
Saving Salvation from Bad Ideas
Some are allergic to the term “salvation” because of how they were treated by it in their churches while others glory in the term because how they were treated by it in their churches. But here is one (almost) indisputable claim about salvation: most operate on one side of the term. That is, the spectrum …
5 Practical Ideas to Bless Others
Much of what we do is not meant to add things to the schedule, but bring intentionality to the things we are already doing. As a part of the Soma family, we often speak of living out
50 Ideas to Integrate Faith in the Workplace
Looking for creative ways to practice what you preach? Discover 50 tips for integrating faith in the workplace.
4 Manly Men’s Ministry Ideas
Whether your men’s ministry is booming, just getting started, or has been dragging along for years, you’ve likely wondered at some point: How can I make it better? Too much of the same thing can get boring, almost like a weekly routine. Fortunately, there are plenty of great ideas you can use to fill your [...]
Baptism, Christening and Religious Occasion Ideas
Delicate Blessings Cross - Personalized #Baptism Invitations
Student Leadership 101: Practical Ideas for Disciple Making
What are your students capable of? What can they create that will carry the ministry forward and propel their spiritual growth in unexpected ways?
