Month: September 2014

We like to say it this way. Rather than: 1. A service or event I attend2. A denomination or organization I become a member of3. A program I participate in Simple church, real church, is: 1. A way of life (extravagant lovers of God engaging the world 24/7 with love, power, and word)2. A simple…

It’s not enough to root religion out of our systems of church, we must get religion out of ourselves. This is no easy task as religion offers a subtle and powerful substitute for deep relationship with God.  It can be so easy to wrap our life with the externals of duty, performance, or ‘right living,’…