GUARANTEED TO SPLIT YOUR CHURCH By Ken Blue One way to ensure a split is to fill your church with transfer members from other churches. These dear people have already been indoctrinated, and they will criticize how you run the church. Open Door had two small splits in its first 10 years. Both were led […]
Archives for October 2009
FUNDAMENTALISM AND THE FUNDAMENTALS
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE FUNDAMENTALS AND FUNDAMENTALISM By Ken Blue There is a vast difference today between fundamentalism and the fundamentals of the faith. Every believer should understand what the fundamentals of Christianity are and adhere to them. The two words have been so misused, and abused by others, that they believe embracing the one is […]
THE SONG AND THE SERMON
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SONG SERVICE By Ken Blue Perhaps the best example of “the right hand not knowing what the left hand is doing,” is in the lack of coordination between the Pastor’s sermon and the music director’s selection of songs. Seldom do these two connect the music with the message. I have watched […]
THE LITTLE RED PILL
By Ken Blue I went to the doctor; I was feeling ill. He wrote a prescription for a little red pill. He said, “Take one of these, as pains begin; And if it returns, you may take another again.” I took the pills as instructed above; And in just a few months, we were deeply […]
ISRAEL’S RESTORATION
By Ken Blue Ezekiel 37 Israel has been scattered throughout the distant lands; Yet, retaining their identity amid the shifting sands. God has promised them, through prophets, visions, and signs, Restoration to their homeland in His appointed times. Ezekiel was brought to a valley and there made to sit down, And musing on the Word […]