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Lots of people talk about church multiplication, but what they really mean is church building multiplication. Many seem to equate going multi-site with advancing the kingdom.

Why is this?

A lot of it has to do with our almost 2000-year old infatuation with church buildings as the mark of a successful church.

We have looked at the history of the church building, and how most of the transition from the church without buildings to the church of buildings resulted from Christianity becoming the official religion of the Roman Empire.

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Money or Friends

By Jeremy Myers

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If you had a choice between the following two options, which would you choose?

Boatloads of money, but have most people despise and hate you.
Very little money, but have the love, respect, and acceptance of a few, close friends.

I fear that most people would say they choose the second option, but when presented with piles and piles of cash, might actually choose the first. Thankfully, for most of us it is a hypothetical question. But for a man named Levi, it was an actual choice he had to make.

The decision Levi faced, however, was slightly different than I have presented it above. He already had lots of money, and was asked by Jesus to leave it all behind, and join His circle of friends. On the one hand, he could continue to be a tax collector, earning piles of money, but continue to have everybody hate him and despise him. Or, he could leave all his money behind, and follow Jesus, where there was love, and acceptance, and most of all, forgiveness.

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Humor in Advertising

By Jeremy Myers

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I use advertisements on this site to help pay for hosting and site development fees. I am certainly not making any money off them, but sometimes, they do provide a good morning laugh.

I know Google does their best to match ads with the site content, but this one really got me laughing this morning. I hope you enjoy it as much as my wife and I did.