I was really fortunate growing up to have a broad musical education. My parents listened to all kinds of music, rock, soul, Motown, jazz, Frank Sinatra, everything.
Leadership is influencing a community to follow Jesus.
So, the emerging church is about a re-imagining: re-imagining our preaching, our evangelism, and our worship services. A re-imagining of new types of churches and an opportunity to be rethinking all we do because we recognize that the next generation is at stake if we don't.
The old paradigm taught that if you had the right teaching, you will experience God. The new paradigm says that if you experience God, you will have the right teaching.
The fruit of the Spirit wasn't intended to be a list of goals for us to produce - it is the Holy Spirit through us who produces fruit.
For church planters, the motivation is not about the romantic or heroic venture. . . it is because you realize you can't not plant one.
How ironic that returning to a raw and ancient form of worship is now seen as new and even cutting edge. We are simply going back to a vintage form of worship which has been around for as long as the church has been in existence.
Age is a slowing down of everything except fear.
Success gives the character of honesty to some classes of wickedness.
When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all your thoughts break their bonds.
Theories are just fantasies. And they change.