(Book Review of “Autopsy of a Deceased Church” part 6. Part 1 and Part 2  and Part 3 and Part 4 and Part 5) This is my final review/critique of “Autopsy of a Deceased Church”. I want to start with a qualifier: I appreciate the value this... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
(Book Review of “Autopsy of a Deceased Church” part 5. Part 1 and Part 2  and Part 3 and Part 4) Final review/critique of Autopsy of a Deceased Church, by Thom Rainer. I appreciate that Thom Rainer offers a book that looks at some serious issue... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
(Book Review of “Autopsy of a Deceased Church” part 3. Part 1 and Part 2  and Part 3) Continued review/critique of Autopsy of a Deceased Church. Chapter 8: Pastoral Tenure Decreases Thom Rainer has written about the tenure of pastors for many years.... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
(Book Review of “Autopsy of a Deceased Church” part 3. Part 1 and Part 2) Chapter 5: The Budget Moved Inwardly “Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” (Matthew 6:21) When the autopsy shows  a drifting of spending from... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
(Book Review of “Autopsy of a Deceased Church” part 2. here is part 1) The chapters are short, this make the reading easy and convenient for a day that can be broken up into short bite sized moments of reading. The reader can knock out... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
(Book Review of, Autopsy of a Deceased Church. part 1) I’ll confess, at first I was expecting Rainer’s book, Autopsy of a Deceased Church, to be a regular church growth book that would follow the normal predictable agenda of many others.... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
From time to time I receive free books. The  sending party is not really looking for me to do a formal review or report, I expect they want me to read it, so I do. Sometimes these books are good and sometimes I put the book down hoping no one will... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Sometimes, reading church history can open up reason for saying… “wait… what?” This was one of those moments. This morning I was reading the second volume of “The Review of the Churches“. Surely you’ve read... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Happy Thanksgiving! “Few promptings of heroism rank higher in human annals than the courageous resolve which let the little band to seek in the unknown Western World a new home where they might worship God according to the dictates of their... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
(from Thomas Armitage; Baptist Faith and Practice) Concerning the Bible: “That the book called the Bible is given by the inspiration of God, and is the only rule of Christian faith and practice. The consequence is, that we have no creeds, nor... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]