The problem with livestreams

‘A digital ministry, if you’re going to have one, can’t be skeuomorphic. It must be native to the digital platform. And the minute you go native, you must reflect on the nature of how that medium changes the message and the content itself—lest the medium become your message.’

7 lessons from the book of Revelation

If you’ve ever wondered what Revelation is on about, here are some pointers. If you know anything about Revelation, you will know the number 7 has some significance, so it pleasing that this one decides to offer seven lessons.

Don’t be too easy to join

‘You cannot welcome people without a threshold for them to come over. If joining your church doesn’t mean anything—if there are no duties to being part of it—then it’s not possible to be part of it. As a result, it’s very difficult to welcome people, because you have nothing to welcome people into.’

The one thing that will free you from FOMO

This is a short, but nevertheless, good one.

How I respond to Pride Month

I think this is about right. ‘June is when many companies celebrate “Pride Month.” I’m often asked how I respond to stores that celebrate and/or promote homosexuality and transgenderism. Since I routinely navigate these situations, I’m happy to share my approach. Here’s what I do.’

6 ways to avoid being like Job’s friends

‘It’s not fun being kicked while you are down. Perhaps you know someone who has experienced adversity of some kind, and people have rushed to judgment regarding why it happened. Job’s friends did exactly that when Job suddenly lost his children, wealth, and health.’ This one offers some helpful ways we can avoid being like them.

From the archive: How do you increase the percentage of people serving in church?

‘It is a perennial problem for many churches – how do you get people to serve? … We so often don’t grasp hold of our God-given responsibilities as we ought. Sometimes we can’t serve as much as we like because there are other legitimate pulls on our time and resources. Much of the time, there are less legitimate reasons why we might not want to serve. So, how do we help encourage all of our people into the kind of service that Jesus call us into as his people?’