I read 'Dracula' in high school. I've been around vampires forever.
Don't let your church be a cul-de-sac on the Great Commission highway.
If you're regularly willing to give a critique, but not willing to take one, you're not a leader, you're a cynic.
Regrettably, we've made it acceptable to sit in church week after week & do nothing & still call yourself a 'Christian. '
A church without the broken is a broken church.
Being Missional means actually doing mission right where you are. Missional means adopting the posture of a missionary, learning and adapting to the culture around you while remaining Biblically sound.
To engage people in culture we must remember that holiness is separation from sin, not separation from sinners.
Favelas [slums] are not always a problem. Favelas can sometimes really be a solution.
Everyone has a watched life. Everyone is both the observer and the observed.
Strong souls Live like fire-hearted suns to spend their strength In farthest striving action; breathe more free In mighty anguish than in trivial ease.
If you had to hurt somebody or intimidate them or kill them, it would be morally justifiable.