Missions is not the ultimate goal of the church. Worship is. Missions exists because worship doesn’t.
Preaching as though we had enemies
God has entrusted us, His Church, with the best story in the world. With great ingenuity we have managed, with the aid of much theory, to make that story boring as hell.
Transforming Sermons: Worshiping and welcoming
Darryl Dash has noticed a trend: Christians increasingly begin worship services with a welcome, as opposed to a more traditional “call to worship.” That trend, he notes, has consequences: There’s a subtle shift going on here. It’s hard to argue against making people feel welcome. But everything in a worship service communicates something. The Call to [...]
