Hello For nearly 2000 years, Jesus’ followers have been adding doctrines, beliefs, traditions, rituals, rules and jargon to his teachings. We think of these things as being Christian, but they are in fact human traditions and rules. Jesus was passionate, perhaps brutal, in his criticism of the religious leaders of his day for teaching human […]
Do our church services meet the needs of those who are looking for God?
Hello Do our church services meet the needs of those who are looking for connection with our loving, heavenly Father? Let’s face it, we Christians often see our mission to outsiders as encouraging them to attend our church services and become “like us”. A genuine seeker, someone who is looking for a right relationship with […]
What did Jesus teach about evangelism?
Hello The purpose of evangelism is not to get people into our churches. It is not to increase the number of people belonging to our denomination. The purpose of evangelism is to encourage people to become disciples of Jesus and to obey his commands: “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations… …teaching them to […]
If our churches were full of people who followed the teachings of Jesus…
Hello I’ve been thinking about how wonderful it would be if our churches were full of people who followed the teachings of Jesus. Of course, I realise that not one of us fully follow his teachings, and probably never will while we live as mortal beings in this troubled world, so no such church can […]
Where are Christian churches going wrong?
Hello For hundreds of years we, Jesus’ followers, have been adding human doctrines, beliefs, practices, rituals, traditions and jargon to Jesus’ teachings. We’ve come to think of these things as being Christian, but they are just human add-ons. They are not Christian. Not at all. That’s where we are going wrong. These human add-ons don’t […]