I’ve been thinking about a lot of “What If” questions lately.  Today sitting in church I was listening to the pastor talk about how this particular church was trying to be different than others.  I got to thinking about this and asked myself the question… “What if the church stopped trying to be the church, [...]

The past couple of weeks I’ve been reading a book by Mike Erre called Death by Church.  The book purposes a case for what the church should be, how it relates to the world and furthers the kingdom.  Erre makes a bold and truthful statement of the Christian’s concept of salvation.  I think this rings [...]

I downloaded a preview chapter of a book by my favorite author, Mike Erre.  The book was just released and I have it ordered already.  It is called Death by Church.  While I am trying to grasp the full context of the book as I read more.  As you might have guessed the book deals [...]

This article is from about a year and a half ago over at Mark Battersons blog.  I am finally getting around to sharing it.  Mark has great insight and appreciate his ministry in Washington D.C.  Here is the article.
Church Steeples

There was a time, just a few centuries ago, when nautical maps of Europe had legends that [...]

“The health and life of the church rests in the spiritual examples the elders model. The problem in the church today is not the absence of innovative programs, financial giving, or dynamic preachers and teachers. The problem is in the leadership team.” – Found on the internet a few years ago.

So it’s 10 after 11 and I’m laying here in bed thinking about stuff and a question that’s popped into my head from earlier today is this:
Has the church, in it’s whole, lost the concept and demonstration of grace?
While I’m not justifying sin, etc. I wonder has the church become more of a institution that [...]

Here are a few images I snapped at a wedding last Saturday. I took these few of some stain glass windows at the church. Enjoy. I want a Canon 5D. Anyone got one laying around they don’t want?
If for some reason you’d like wall prints call Dave Zerbe Studio [...]

I’ve been following a church on the west coast for some time now. Back in October I believe it was they started a theology track that was gonna run about 9 months. About a month or so ago they posted some of the first months on there website. I shared the audio [...]