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Monday, June 23rd, 2008Part 16 of series: Choosing a Church: Some Recommendations
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This will be my final post in this series on choosing a church. Of course I could always say more about this subject, but I think I’ve said what needs to be said, more or less.
Here, in summary, are […]
Recommendation #12: If you have children, choose a church that will help them to know Christ and to grow as his disciples.
Friday, June 20th, 2008Part 15 of series: Choosing a Church: Some Recommendations
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Obviously, if you don’t have children, then this recommendation isn’t relevant to you. But many who are in the process of looking for a church do have children. In some cases, they are church shopping precisely because they have […]
Recommendation #11: Choose a church that values the Bible as God’s uniquely inspired and authoritative Word.
Thursday, June 19th, 2008Part 14 of series: Choosing a Church: Some Recommendations
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If I had been approaching this series on choosing a church more systematically, as if I were writing a book rather than a series of blog posts, odds are this recommendation would have appeared much higher on the list. […]
Recommendation #10: Choose a church that sees itself and seeks to live as an outpost of the mission of God in the world.
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008Part 13 of series: Choosing a Church: Some Recommendations
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Today I’ll suggest Recommendation #10: Choose a church that sees itself and seeks to live as an outpost of the mission of God in the world.
I could have just said “Choose a missional church,” but many of my readers […]
Recommendation #9: Choose a church where you will grow as a disciple of Jesus Christ.
Monday, June 16th, 2008Part 12 of series: Choosing a Church: Some Recommendations
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Many Christians see life in this world mostly as waiting around until the train arrives to take us to heaven. They don’t realize that this world in a place were we are supposed to serve and honor God by […]
Recommendation #8: Choose a church where you will be equipped and encouraged to live out your life as a minister of Christ.
Friday, June 13th, 2008Part 11 of series: Choosing a Church: Some Recommendations
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You might expect the Senior Director of Laity Lodge to say something like this. After all, I’m part of an organization committed to the ministry of the laity, the non-ordained people of God, if you will. But the idea […]
Recommendation #7: Choose a church where you can experience genuine Christian fellowship.
Friday, June 6th, 2008Part 10 of series: Choosing a Church: Some Recommendations
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From a biblical point of view, when a person enters into a relationship with Jesus Christ through faith, that person also becomes a member of the body of Christ, the interconnected network of all believers in Jesus. Each member […]
Recommendation #6: Choose a church that encourages you in your worship.
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008Part 9 of series: Choosing a Church: Some Recommendations
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This recommendation might seem so obvious as to be almost not worth mentioning. What is a church, if not a place to worship? But finding a place where you can worship, truly worship, is not quite as simple as […]
Recommendation #5: Choose a church that proclaims and embodies the gospel of Jesus Christ
Friday, May 30th, 2008Part 8 of series: Choosing a Church: Some Recommendations
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It is often said that the Holy Spirit gives birth to the church. I’ve said such a thing on Pentecost Sunday, and there’s a large measure of truth in this statement. But it could also be said that the […]
Recommendation #4: Meet with the Pastor
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008Part 7 of series: Choosing a Church: Some Recommendations
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So far I’ve put up three recommendations for those who are looking for a new church home:
#1: Clarify what you value most in a church, though with an open mind and heart.
#2: Look for a church that is essentially […]
Recommendation #3: Use the Internet
Tuesday, May 27th, 2008Part 6 of series: Choosing a Church: Some Recommendations
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In my last post, I wrote that if you’re looking for a church, you should find one that is “essentially orthodox.” The church should affirm as essential beliefs that which Christians have affirmed as essential for centuries (Jesus as […]
Recommendation #2: Look for a church that is essentially orthodox, unless . . . .
Friday, May 23rd, 2008Part 5 of series: Choosing a Church: Some Recommendations
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In my last post I suggested that if you’re looking for a church, you should clarify your basic values for a church, but with an open mind and heart, since God might surprise you. This suggestion might seem to […]
Recommendation #1: Clarify what you value most in a church, though with an open mind and heart.
Thursday, May 22nd, 2008Part 4 of series: Choosing a Church: Some Recommendations
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As most of my blog readers know, recently my family and I moved from California to Texas. We had a fairly easy time deciding that we wanted to live in Boerne, a small town on the outskirts of San […]
Choosing a Church: A Few More Preliminaries
Wednesday, May 21st, 2008Part 3 of series: Choosing a Church: Some Recommendations
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Yesterday I put up a few preliminary comments to lay some groundwork for this series on choosing a church:
1. How you choose a church depends on your basic understanding of the church.
2. In a sense, we don’t choose the […]
Choosing a Church: Some Preliminary Comments
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008Part 2 of series: Choosing a Church: Some Recommendations
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I’m continuing to collect input from my blog readers on choosing a church. Thanks for your comments and emails. Keep ‘em coming!
Before I start offering some recommendations on how to choose a church, I want to make some preliminary […]
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