Why do we need church? What’s the purpose? Maybe you are like me and you’ve speculated on the answer to those questions. I believe the answer to this question is hugely important. How you and I answer has ramifications on how we interact and connect with the church. Your answer will affect the kind of church you attend or don’t attend or if you even attend church at all. It’s an important question I believe Christians need to think about and take the time to decide themselves.
What Should I Do When I Disagree With My Church?
If you’re in community, your likely to experience conflict. How can we deal with that conflict in a healthy way?
7 Things Christians Need to Stop Doing
These are hurting our relationships and damaging others view of God.
When A Church Should Throw In The Towel
Every year nearly 4,000 churches close their doors. But is that a good thing?
Top 5 Mistakes New Pastors Make
The simple fact is that only one in ten pastors will actually retire as such. Many of them don’t make it past year five.
Whose Lives Matter?
Hatred laced with ignorance is plaguing many cities throughout the United States. Usually all the posts written at Rethink are carefully planned, thought out and scheduled. This post is different. I personally like to let the storm of conflict settle before stating a position or calling people to action. This topic is too serious to let a response from us here at Rethink be saturated with time.
Should We Make Christian Movies?
Let’s be really honest. Most Evangelical attempts at films in the last 30 years have been, putting it nicely, terrible. Numerous people, Christian and non-Christian alike, have taken a shot at exactly why this is. Everything from “they’re cheap” to “they’re not honest enough” have been suggested. For the past four years or so since starting my own career as a filmmaker, I’ve struggled to explain to many why I refuse to support these movies.
Why Church Should Be Full of Sinners
What if the worst sinners aren’t the drunkards, drug addicts, criminals, and those outside the church. What if the worst sinners are actually inside the church?
5 Things That Could Happen If The Church Tithed
What Could Happen If The Church Tithed? Quite a lot actually… Let’s look at some Church tithing statistics The reality is the American church could … Read more
List Of Sins That Christians Often Ignore
Some sins have become culturally acceptable. We do not call them out. We rarely even acknowledge them. And many don’t even recognize them as a … Read more
Why Church Matters
Church attendance is slipping and people are valuing Church less and less. Why does Church matter? Can we get Christian community elsewhere?
The Church Needs to Change
Change is one thing that does not come easy to any church. Which is pure irony; For the church is the place where God cultivates people to change. Since the inception of the church in Acts chapter 1, change has been an immense struggle. But change is what the Church desperately needs.
The Unwanted Mission Field
There are a lot of hurting refugees out there. They need hope and a home. Syria, Turkey, and many more countries are in upheaval. And we as a Church can help.
I Am the Problem
We don’t need an expert to tell us that our world is screwed up; that should be apparent to all of us. It seems everyday there is a new report of corruption in the news. It’s way too easy to find a story of someone taking advantage of their neighbor or lying about their actions. The world is full of these accounts that all too often affect our own personal lives. It is clear how messed up our world truly is. But that doesn’t surprise me.