Category Archives: Simple Church

Some Additional Thoughts on 1 Peter 5:1-3

It’s very rare for me to post twice in one day (and by the time I finished editing and publishing this, it was a couple of minutes after midnight anyway!), but 1 Peter 5:1-3 is something that I have continued … Continue reading

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Q and A about Simple Church (part 2)

In part 1, I dealt with the first of three questions from Gordon Cloud regarding some differences in the simpler approach to church “structure”, vis-à-vis more traditional, conventional models of church administration. In this post, I would like to move … Continue reading

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Q and A about Simple Church (part 1)

In my post about maturity, way back in the end of 2006 , my dear friend and blogging buddy Gordon Cloud asked some questions about simple church that I never got around to answering because of the holidays. I’m finally … Continue reading

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When Tradition Meets Scripture

As we discussed in my recent post and comments, there sometimes is a point where we have to look for what might be standing in the way of following biblical patterns. One can tell from the comments that there is … Continue reading

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On Order, Leadership, and Prophecy

One of the questions that often gets raised regarding simple church is how to handle teaching and prophecy that comes into an open, participatory meeting. The thinking seems to be that, with open participation, it is too possible for “wrong … Continue reading

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