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Two weeks ago I asked for your help in identifying the key hindrances in the Western church.  I did this to inform me with your insights as I work on my next book. Your responses were many and amazing! I have organized those responses into the three primary categories they seem to fall into.  Below…

It was so invigorating to receive the comments from my last post in which I asked for input on what y’all see as the major hindrance in the church in the West. Because of the value of this input, I am considering writing this next book transparently, the whole process beginning to end, right here…

The next online Simple/House Church Course begins on February 1 and you can sign up now.  Only 9 spots remain! Why consider this course? It’s fun (I think). It’s interactive with lots of opportunity to share and hear from others who are on a similar journey. It provides a lot of great material that challenges…

As I begin to think through a new book idea, I want to listen to YOUR insights! Would you take a moment and help me complete the following list which I will then turn into a poll: “What’s the number one hindrance in the church of the West today?” Here are possibilities I already have…

Felicity Dale has written some excellent posts on cross-cultural missions as it relates to the simple/organic/house church movement.  I think this conversation is so important, so I just wanted to highlight these writings: The Good and the Bad of Missions Missions: the Bad! Missions: the Ugly Quote: the dirty secret of missions When Western finance…

I know that all too many of us can relate to this pastor who recently resigned when his dream church did not materialize as expected: For 10 whole years before I started Courageous Church I dreamed of it being one thing, started it as another, then spent the next 3 years trying to get it…

If you are writing or blogging on the theme of Christmas/Advent and want to share your thoughts with others, feel free to post your links on our Advent Conspiracy Facebook Event page.  First, see if it fits in with the theme of the event, then feel to post your link or share your musings there…

The irreligious love the voice of Jesus.  And they love following His voice wherever He leads.  And as the world becomes filled with this type of follower, the most explosive things will happen. I find that religious people (I know from experience) love the voice of routine, and church events, and predictable services, and knowing…

Religion asks members to proselytize people to that religion; Jesus asks people to repent and follow Him. I have done much of the former: inviting people to a religion.  Here is the way it worked: Explain the basic precepts of the religion: Jesus died on the cross to forgive your sins and give you eternal…

Something always resonates in me when I hear things like this: Shechtman's discovery (quasicrystals) in 1982 fundamentally changed the way chemists look at solid matter. It initially faced strong objections from the scientific community, and even got him kicked out of his research group in the United States. Now 30 years later, including years of…