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What the Plummeting Fertility Rate Means for Churches
The current trajectories when it comes to fertility rates will inevitably bring some large changes to churches in the future. Philip Jenkins explains. “That change has epochal implications for all the world faiths, and especially for Christianity. The change foreshadows a precipitous decline in organized and institutional religion of all kinds, since fertility rates correlate so closely with religious practice and affiliation. It also decides where the largest Christian populations will be found in future decades (mainly in high-fertility, high-faith Africa).”
Platforms, Polemics, and Pastoral Ministry
Nick Batzig: “When ministers of the gospel concern themselves more with platforming agendas than pastoring the local congregation, things begin to go off-kilter. When ministers spend inordinate amounts of time placarding their opinions on podcasts, social media, and others platforms, they get drawn away from the flock and enamored with controversy.”
Savor Each Sunday Service
Yes, do savor each Sunday service, knowing that each one is unique. “Every time your local Church gathers, it is an unrepeatable, unique day God sovereignly ordained for the praise of His glory and for your good.”
The Lord of the Rings Expert Answers More Tolkien Questions From Twitter (Video)
I really enjoyed this video (as I did the original).
What’s New about the New Commandment?
What was new about the new commandment that Jesus gave to his disciples? “Why did he call it a new commandment? As Jews they were familiar with the command recorded in Leviticus 19:18 – ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the LORD.’ So what was new about Jesus’ commandment?”
Do Not Delay
This is a reminder that delayed obedience is actually disobedience.
One of the Earliest (and Clearest) Summaries of Early Christian Beliefs
It is both neat and encouraging to see how the earliest Christians shared the beliefs of we who came much later.
Flashback: When My Fashion Accessory Told Me To Take a Hike
Some of these photos weren’t for you or for them—they were for me. My kids were accessories to me, a way of making me look good in your eyes or making me feel good about myself.
There is no work which God has made—the sun, moon, stars and all the world—in which so much of the glory of God appears as in a man who lives quietly in the midst of adversity. —Jeremiah Burroughs