Deep and Wide

when you give non-Christians an out, they respond by leaning in. Especially if you invite them rather than expect them.

First: my goal. My goal on the weekend is to present the Scriptures in a way that is so helpful and compelling that everybody in the audience is glad to have attended and drives away with every intention to return the following weekend.

Pastors, preachers, and teachers who are not gifted in the area of leadership default to management.

God uses the uneducated to confound the wise. But that doesn’t make ignorance a virtue.

In the pre-service experience, comfortable takes precedence over theological.

purpose should determine approach.

you can’t build a successful ministry model around the exception to the rule. You need a system that allows engaging presenters to present, skilled content creators to create content, and relationally savvy group leaders to facilitate groups.

churches shouldn’t do anything that makes it unnecessarily difficult for people who are turning to God.

let’s not do what a previous generation did and assume that what’s appealing today will be appealing tomorrow.