WHAT IF WE ACTUALLY DID WHAT PAUL COMMANDED? A LOOK INSIDE A BIBLICAL GATHERING
I’ve spent seven posts tearing down the institutional church model. Showing you the 59 “one another” commands. Explaining why the institutional church CAN’T obey them. Detailing the consequences of disobedience. And I know what some of you are thinking: “Okay, fine. The institutional model is broken. But what’s the ALTERNATIVE? What does it actually LOOK […]
THE ECOSYSTEM – HOW IT ALL CONNECTS
We’ve covered all 59 commands. The foundation. The work. The communication. The uncomfortable middle. The consequences. Now here’s what you need to understand: These commands aren’t a CHECKLIST. They’re not isolated rules you can pick and choose from. They’re an ECOSYSTEM. A living, interconnected system where every command supports and enables every other command. And […]
What Luke Actually Said About Christmas (And What Actually Matters)
Every December, we trot out the Christmas story. We’ve got nativity scenes on the lawn. Church pageants with kids dressed as shepherds. Hallmark movies. Christmas specials. Even well-meaning Christian shows like The Chosen giving us their version of the first Christmas. And somewhere in all that, we’ve lost what Luke actually wrote. So let me […]
THE CONSEQUENCES OF DISOBEDIENCE
We’ve walked through 59 commands. Love one another. Serve one another. Teach one another. Confess to one another. And here’s the question nobody wants to ask: What happens if we DON’T? What are the consequences when we ignore what God commanded? Because here’s the thing: These aren’t SUGGESTIONS. They’re not IDEAS for better community. They’re […]
THE MESSY MIDDLE – THE UNCOMFORTABLE COMMANDS NOBODY WANTS TO TALK ABOUT
We’ve covered the foundation commands—love, accept, receive. We’ve covered the work commands—serve, bear burdens, show compassion. We’ve covered the communication commands—teach, admonish, encourage. Now we get to the commands that make everyone squirm. The ones your church REALLY doesn’t want to obey. The ones that require vulnerability, intimacy, and a level of trust that’s impossible […]
“Let All Things Be Done Decently and In Order”: The Verse Your Church Uses to Shut You Up
Monday, I made the case that biblical teaching is MUTUAL—not a one-man show. That when believers gather, EVERYONE participates. Everyone teaches. Everyone contributes. “Whenever you come together, EACH OF YOU has a psalm, has a teaching, has a tongue, has a revelation, has an interpretation.” — 1 Corinthians 14:26 And I know exactly what some […]
The Communication: Teach, Admonish, and Encourage One Another (Not Watch One Guy Talk AT You)
We’ve covered the foundation commands—love, accept, receive. We’ve covered the work commands—serve, bear burdens, show compassion. Now we get to the commands that expose the biggest lie in the institutional church: That teaching is a ONE-MAN JOB. That only the preacher, the pastor, the guy with the seminary degree is qualified to teach. That everyone […]
The Work: Serve, Bear Burdens, and Submit to One Another (What Biblical Community Actually Does)
[Part 3 of The One Another Series] We’ve laid the foundation. In Part 1, I gave you all 59 “one another” commands. In Part 2, we unpacked the foundation—love, acceptance, devotion, hospitality—the soil where everything else grows. But here’s what we need to understand: Biblical community isn’t passive. It doesn’t just sit around feeling warm […]
The Foundation: Love, Accept, and Receive One Another (Or You Can’t Build Anything Else)
[Part 2 of The One Another Series] Monday, I gave you the full list—all 59 “one another” commands that define what biblical community is supposed to look like. And I made the case that you can’t obey most of them in an institutional church. The structure makes it impossible. But here’s what we need to […]
The Complete List: All 59 “One Another” Commands (And Why Your Church Can’t Obey Them)
[Part 1 of The One Another Series] A couple weeks back, I made the case that you can’t obey Jesus from a pew. That the 59 “one another” commands scattered throughout the New Testament require the kind of daily, life-on-life community the institutional church simply can’t provide. I showed you why commands like “love one […]