Dying Church

Displacing the foolishness of the cross

This post is from the defunct blog “Dying Church” Michael Haykin writes a thoughtful post on our tendency to depend on models for what God alone can give: As D.A. Carson, whose

Attraction to the messenger, not the message

This post is from the defunct blog “Dying Church” From Oswald Chambers: When we say, "What a wonderful personality, what a fascinating person, and what wonderful insight!" then what opportunity does

A tendency to control the process

This post is from the defunct blog “Dying Church” From a chapter, written by Premkumar D. Williams, in Everyday Theology: ..models pore over their portfolios, singers over their music videos, and preachers over

What is lost when pastors deliver shortcuts

This post is from the defunct blog “Dying Church” David Hansen's book The Art of Pastoring has a chapter on temptations, based on the temptations of Jesus in the wilderness. There&

Time to rethink building programs

This post is from the defunct blog “Dying Church” This is striking, not because of what it says, but because it was written in 1947 by Carl Henry in his book The Uneasy