ChurchETHOS
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| Blog Name: | ChurchETHOS |
| Url: | http://churchethos.com/ |
| Language: | English |
| Topics: | Church, Christianity, Discipleship |
| Description: | ChurchETHOS (n.) A blog that encourages thinking Christianly about the habits and customs of the Church and about our reputation with the unchurched. |
| Popularity: | 108 Followers |
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Same-Sex Marriages Repealed in Maine
Image from politicsdaily.com Last night, Maine became the 31st out of 31 states to vote down same-sex marriage. On the other hand, six states have legislated (forced?) same-sex marriage on its constituents through the judicial branch or the legislative branch. Maine’s repeal brings the total number of states that have le
Image from politicsdaily.com Last night, Maine became the 31st out of 31 states to vote down same-sex marriage. On the other hand, six states have legislated (forced?) same-sex marriage on its constituents through the judicial branch or the legislative branch. Maine’s repeal brings the total number of states that have le
Compassionate Moment
Jimmy Wambua meets Mark, his Compassion International sponsor for the first time. You will cry! But is it an ethical use of people’s emotions? My own reflections after the video (the real action begins at about 3:45 in the video). Well, what did you think? Very touching story, right? But was it marred by the conclusion? Is this manipulation or persuasion? Get people to give in the height of their emotional response? Is that okay? How can you go from a beautiful story of compassion to saying, “This isn’t a commercial, this is real!” and then asking people to support a particular ministry with a specific am
Jimmy Wambua meets Mark, his Compassion International sponsor for the first time. You will cry! But is it an ethical use of people’s emotions? My own reflections after the video (the real action begins at about 3:45 in the video). Well, what did you think? Very touching story, right? But was it marred by the conclusion? Is this manipulation or persuasion? Get people to give in the height of their emotional response? Is that okay? How can you go from a beautiful story of compassion to saying, “This isn’t a commercial, this is real!” and then asking people to support a particular ministry with a specific am
The Call to Follow Jesus
I think a question church leaders need to be asking is, “What aspects of Jesus’ relationship with His twelve closest disciples were meant to be universal to all of Jesus’ disciples?” We know that some things are probably going to be a bit different two thousand years later in our modern society. Most of us aren’t going to be asked to abandon our businesses, leave our families for months and even years on end to travel the dusty countryside and not know from one night to the next if we are going to be sleeping in a random person’s home or sleeping outside with a rock for a pillow. On the other hand, in many of our churches today, the m
I think a question church leaders need to be asking is, “What aspects of Jesus’ relationship with His twelve closest disciples were meant to be universal to all of Jesus’ disciples?” We know that some things are probably going to be a bit different two thousand years later in our modern society. Most of us aren’t going to be asked to abandon our businesses, leave our families for months and even years on end to travel the dusty countryside and not know from one night to the next if we are going to be sleeping in a random person’s home or sleeping outside with a rock for a pillow. On the other hand, in many of our churches today, the m
Spiritual Discipline
Spiritual discipline doesn’t sound very exciting. Many Christians shy away from the disciplines because it sounds like work at best and legalism at worst. However, spiritual discipline is simply a name for the spiritual habits that a true follower of Jesus forms as he or she becomes more like Him. We want to follow Jesus and we know that He meditated on Scripture, spent time in prayer, and shared the Gospel with others, j
Spiritual discipline doesn’t sound very exciting. Many Christians shy away from the disciplines because it sounds like work at best and legalism at worst. However, spiritual discipline is simply a name for the spiritual habits that a true follower of Jesus forms as he or she becomes more like Him. We want to follow Jesus and we know that He meditated on Scripture, spent time in prayer, and shared the Gospel with others, j
My 9 Minute Video to Church Leaders for 9/9/09
Today is September 9th, 2009 and leadnet.org is doing a great all day online conference for church leaders. They asked these globally recognized leaders the following question: “If you had 9 minutes to address thousands of church leaders what is the one issue you would want to impart to them.” Well, I’m not a globally recognized church leader, and thousands of people won’t be watching my video, but I felt inspired to share my own thoughts. Some of it is based on my previous post about Making Disciple-Making Disci
Today is September 9th, 2009 and leadnet.org is doing a great all day online conference for church leaders. They asked these globally recognized leaders the following question: “If you had 9 minutes to address thousands of church leaders what is the one issue you would want to impart to them.” Well, I’m not a globally recognized church leader, and thousands of people won’t be watching my video, but I felt inspired to share my own thoughts. Some of it is based on my previous post about Making Disciple-Making Disci
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