Culture | Crazy About Church

Christian Pick Up Lines (Part 2)

One of my most popular articles here on Crazy About Church was the one I wrote on Christian Pick Up Lines (click here to read that post). It gets well over 100 unique readers every day from Google searches alone. Since this is the case, I’ve decided to provide a follow-up article that provides even [...]

Filed Under: Culture, Miscellaneous, Social Media, Writing Tagged With: adoption, advertise, agent, alcohol, art, author, beer, belief, Bible, blog, blogger, blogging, book, book reviews, Calvinism, cellular phones, children, choir, Christ, church, church bulletins, church media, church technology, college, community, copyright, creativity, culture, deacons, delicious, design, digg, discipleship, divorce, doctrine, elders, election, email, evangelism, facebook, faith, family, fellowship, foster care, God, God's will, google+, gospel, great commission, guest post, heaven, hell, Holy Spirit, homeschool, hosting, husband, hymnals, hymns, infertility, internet, jail, Jesus, Jesus Christ, leadership, linkedin, man, marketing, marriage, media, Messiah, ministry, missionary, missions, music, parenting, pastor, photography, pinterest, pornogrpahy, preach, preaching, prison, privacy, publish, relationships, religion, remarriage, repent, repentance, RSS, saint, sales, salvation, Scripture, self-publish, singing, sinner, small groups, Social Media, sovereignty, stumbleupon, teach, technology, testimony, themes, Theology, trinity, twitter, website, wife, woman, word press, worship, write, writer, youth

What If God Hired A Search Committee To Find His Prophets, Apostles and Pastors?

Charles Specht 2 Comments

What if God hired a search committee to find pastors like churches today do to find pastors? Maybe the results would come back like the following? Search Committee Report: The following is a confidential report on several candidates being considered for our new Pastor. Adam: Good man but problems with his wife. Also one reference told [...]

Filed Under: Culture, Discipleship, Leadership, Miscellaneous Tagged With: adoption, advertise, agent, alcohol, art, author, beer, belief, Bible, blog, blogger, blogging, book, book reviews, Calvinism, cellular phones, children, choir, Christ, church, church bulletins, church media, church technology, college, community, copyright, creativity, culture, deacons, delicious, design, digg, discipleship, divorce, doctrine, elders, election, email, evangelism, facebook, faith, family, fellowship, foster care, God, God's will, google+, gospel, great commission, guest post, heaven, hell, Holy Spirit, homeschool, hosting, husband, hymnals, hymns, infertility, internet, jail, Jesus, Jesus Christ, leadership, linkedin, man, marketing, marriage, media, Messiah, ministry, missionary, missions, music, parenting, pastor, photography, pinterest, pornogrpahy, preach, preaching, prison, privacy, publish, relationships, religion, remarriage, repent, repentance, RSS, saint, sales, salvation, Scripture, self-publish, singing, sinner, small groups, Social Media, sovereignty, stumbleupon, teach, technology, testimony, themes, Theology, trinity, twitter, website, wife, woman, word press, worship, write, writer, youth

An Elevator Pitch For Your Church (Guest Post at Pastors.com)

Charles Specht 2 Comments

There are about 50,000,000 things that can happen in and around the church to accelerate ministry and encourage the brethren. The challenge is to focus on that which is most needed and will prove to be most beneficial in the end. What should you focus on at your church? Well, how about an elevator pitch? [...]

Filed Under: Culture, Discipleship, Leadership, Miscellaneous, Productivity Tagged With: adoption, advertise, agent, alcohol, art, author, beer, belief, Bible, blog, blogger, blogging, book, book reviews, Calvinism, cellular phones, children, choir, Christ, church, church bulletins, church media, church technology, college, community, copyright, creativity, culture, deacons, delicious, design, digg, discipleship, divorce, doctrine, elders, election, email, evangelism, facebook, faith, family, fellowship, foster care, God, God's will, google+, gospel, great commission, guest post, heaven, hell, Holy Spirit, homeschool, hosting, husband, hymnals, hymns, infertility, internet, jail, Jesus, Jesus Christ, leadership, linkedin, man, marketing, marriage, media, Messiah, ministry, missionary, missions, music, parenting, pastor, photography, pinterest, pornogrpahy, preach, preaching, prison, privacy, publish, relationships, religion, remarriage, repent, repentance, RSS, saint, sales, salvation, Scripture, self-publish, singing, sinner, small groups, Social Media, sovereignty, stumbleupon, teach, technology, testimony, themes, Theology, trinity, twitter, website, wife, woman, word press, worship, write, writer, youth

Baptism: What Does The Bible Say About It?

Charles Specht 1 Comment

I became the senior pastor of Faith Baptist Church just a few months ago. There are lots of exciting challenges and victories in pastoral ministry. One of the problems I don’t mind ever having too many of is a mass of believers who want to get baptized. We’re having a baptism service at our church [...]

Filed Under: Culture, Discipleship, Leadership, Miscellaneous, Theology Tagged With: adoption, advertise, agent, alcohol, art, author, beer, belief, Bible, blog, blogger, blogging, book, book reviews, Calvinism, cellular phones, children, choir, Christ, church, church bulletins, church media, church technology, college, community, copyright, creativity, culture, deacons, delicious, design, digg, discipleship, divorce, doctrine, elders, election, email, evangelism, facebook, faith, family, fellowship, foster care, God, God's will, google+, gospel, great commission, guest post, heaven, hell, Holy Spirit, homeschool, hosting, husband, hymnals, hymns, infertility, internet, jail, Jesus, Jesus Christ, leadership, linkedin, man, marketing, marriage, media, Messiah, ministry, missionary, missions, music, parenting, pastor, photography, pinterest, pornogrpahy, preach, preaching, prison, privacy, publish, relationships, religion, remarriage, repent, repentance, RSS, saint, sales, salvation, Scripture, self-publish, singing, sinner, small groups, Social Media, sovereignty, stumbleupon, teach, technology, testimony, themes, Theology, trinity, twitter, website, wife, woman, word press, worship, write, writer, youth

Dying For The Glory Of God

Charles Specht 1 Comment

When you woke up this morning, what did you do? Did you eat any breakfast? Maybe go to the gym? Hug your children? Go to work? Shoot some basketball? Take a walk? What did you do? Whatever you did, however, I assume you probably didn’t think you would have to die today for the glory of [...]

Filed Under: Culture, Discipleship, Miscellaneous Tagged With: adoption, advertise, agent, alcohol, art, author, beer, belief, Bible, blog, blogger, blogging, book, book reviews, Calvinism, cellular phones, children, choir, Christ, church, church bulletins, church media, church technology, college, community, copyright, creativity, culture, deacons, delicious, design, digg, discipleship, divorce, doctrine, elders, election, email, evangelism, facebook, faith, family, fellowship, foster care, God, God's will, google+, gospel, great commission, guest post, heaven, hell, Holy Spirit, homeschool, hosting, husband, hymnals, hymns, infertility, internet, jail, Jesus, Jesus Christ, leadership, linkedin, man, marketing, marriage, media, Messiah, ministry, missionary, missions, music, parenting, pastor, photography, pinterest, pornogrpahy, preach, preaching, prison, privacy, publish, relationships, religion, remarriage, repent, repentance, RSS, saint, sales, salvation, Scripture, self-publish, singing, sinner, small groups, Social Media, sovereignty, stumbleupon, teach, technology, testimony, themes, Theology, trinity, twitter, website, wife, woman, word press, worship, write, writer, youth

Christian Pick Up Lines Guaranteed To Keep You “Single” For The Rest Of Your Life

Charles Specht 12 Comments

I am so proud to be able to say that I have never used a pick up line with a girl. (Please, don’t ask my wife. Shh!) Christian pick up lines are funny, awkward, cheesy, and if I ever hear my sons use them when they get older I’ll disown them in the blink of [...]

Filed Under: Culture, Discipleship, Miscellaneous, Social Media, Writing Tagged With: adoption, advertise, agent, alcohol, art, author, beer, belief, Bible, blog, blogger, blogging, book, book reviews, Calvinism, cellular phones, children, choir, Christ, church, church bulletins, church media, church technology, college, community, copyright, creativity, culture, deacons, delicious, design, digg, discipleship, divorce, doctrine, elders, election, email, evangelism, facebook, faith, family, fellowship, foster care, God, God's will, google+, gospel, great commission, guest post, heaven, hell, Holy Spirit, homeschool, hosting, husband, hymnals, hymns, infertility, internet, jail, Jesus, Jesus Christ, leadership, linkedin, man, marketing, marriage, media, Messiah, ministry, missionary, missions, music, parenting, pastor, photography, pinterest, pornogrpahy, preach, preaching, prison, privacy, publish, relationships, religion, remarriage, repent, repentance, RSS, saint, sales, salvation, Scripture, self-publish, singing, sinner, small groups, Social Media, sovereignty, stumbleupon, teach, technology, testimony, themes, Theology, trinity, twitter, website, wife, woman, word press, worship, write, writer, youth

A Funny Christian Joke (Or Two)

Charles Specht 6 Comments

I love a funny Christian joke every now and then. Who doesn’t like to laugh, after all? I think that too often we take things about our faith waaaaay too seriously. Do you agree? That’s also why I recently wrote a post about funny church bulletin bloopers and drew a Christian cartoon about selfish prayer and another [...]

Filed Under: Culture, Miscellaneous Tagged With: adoption, advertise, agent, alcohol, art, author, beer, belief, Bible, blog, blogger, blogging, book, book reviews, Calvinism, cellular phones, children, choir, Christ, church, church bulletins, church media, church technology, college, community, copyright, creativity, culture, deacons, delicious, design, digg, discipleship, divorce, doctrine, elders, election, email, evangelism, facebook, faith, family, fellowship, foster care, God, God's will, google+, gospel, great commission, guest post, heaven, hell, Holy Spirit, homeschool, hosting, husband, hymnals, hymns, infertility, internet, jail, Jesus, Jesus Christ, leadership, linkedin, man, marketing, marriage, media, Messiah, ministry, missionary, missions, music, parenting, pastor, photography, pinterest, pornogrpahy, preach, preaching, prison, privacy, publish, relationships, religion, remarriage, repent, repentance, RSS, saint, sales, salvation, Scripture, self-publish, singing, sinner, small groups, Social Media, sovereignty, stumbleupon, teach, technology, testimony, themes, Theology, trinity, twitter, website, wife, woman, word press, worship, write, writer, youth