A Pilgrim's Progress

This is the final installment in my series Ten Bad Reasons for Returning to the Institution . The mega church is a fairly modern phe...

It's completely normal for Christians to hope to meet with extended family members for church. After all, church gatherings should...

You may have departed from the institutional church framework because the bible shows something far different. However, would it bring ...

Despite their failings, I still love my Buffalo Bills . However, I'm just not happy with the red, white, and blue theme for my blog. E...

This is part seven of my ten-part blog series entitled Ten Bad Reasons for Returning to the Institution . I've met many very nice ...

The Christian satire site The Babylon Bee has posted numerous funny articles over the past several months. One reason many of the piec...

How many times have you had Hebrews 10:24-25 used against you? For review, these two verses say, "And let us consider how to s...

This is part five of the blog series entitled Ten Bad Reasons for Returning to the Institution . This particular post is short and sim...

I'm taking a quick blog series break here to ask one important question: what is the primary factor that makes a church institution...

Institutional churches tend to offer lots of activities for kids. These are generally heavy on entertainment and light on theology. The f...

I grew up in western New York State. It's a fairly gloomy place much of the year because of the semi-depressed economy and generall...

The feeling of leaving the church institution behind is an exhilarating one. The shackles are off and it's time to be the church Go...

When you depart institutional Christianity many within your biological family will not understand. Those who are not Christians will no...

Quite a few Christians have departed from the church institution only to return again. Their reasons for doing so vary widely; some are...

"Return to the church institution? That sounds horrible!" It may indeed sound horrible to you, but it is a reality that man...

The body of Christ has great potential for good. However, Christ's followers frequently become side-tracked from what is truly impo...

Eric Liddell is a modern day hero of mine who was both a world class runner and a committed missionary. Liddell is most well-known because ...

As is obvious I haven't been blogging much lately at all. This isn't because I dislike blogging; I don't have any intentio...

I write quite a bit about what makes simple church different from institutional church. Despite these critical differences, something e...

The body of Christ is an extremely unique, rare organism. In fact, it's one of a kind. God intends for His body to be one. All t...