Friday, March 30, 2012

Anything Wrong With This Picture?

Tattoo artist Drew Blaisdell, 46, tattoos Pastor Steve Bentley at Serentity Tattoo that is located in Bentley's church, The Bridge, in Flint Mich. (RNS PHOTO/Mandi Wright/USA Today)

Friday, March 23, 2012

Revitalize Your Church: Small Town Pastor Cleans Up Abandoned Neighborhood...

Our church history reading group was discussing this week how the early church expanded so rapidly.  It was, in part, due to its willingness to care for the sick and societal outcasts.  "See how they love one another" was one outsider's comment.

That is why this news items resonates.  Our most powerful Christian apologetic is not our cleverly reasoned arguments, but our willingness to "love one another."

Check it out:

Revitalize Your Church: Small Town Pastor Cleans Up Abandoned Neighborhood...: Kudos to Pastor Dan Lemke, who understands that loving God ought to be translated into practical acts of kindness and community transformati...