When i was a kid Mt. Dew had a very different marketing strategy than they do today.  Back then the soft drink maker used a hillbilly theme.  There was a picture of a hillbilly aiming a gun at a fleeing man on the front.  On the neck of the bottle was the same hillbilly holding a jug with the cork popping off and putting a hole in his hat.  And on the back was the company's profound slogan "It'll tickle your innards" (now how's that for a catchy phrase!).  Although this motif had the bevera...

  Every small church wants to have children...or so they say.  I mean, after all, kids are the future of the church, right?  If you don't have them, it is a sign that you are on your way down and one day your congregation will be gone.  So it is a foregone conclusion--you want to have children around.

  Or is it so certain.  You see, having children in your church comes with a price tag attached.  Things aren't like they were when you were a kid coming up in church.  They aren't even like th...

  This is the last article in a series on the book of Ezekiel as it relates to the small church.

  ¹ Afterward he brought me to the gate, the gate that faces toward the east. ² And behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east. His voice was like the sound of many waters; and the earth shone with His glory. ³ It was like the appearance of the vision which I saw—like the vision which I saw when I^[a] came to destroy the city. The visions werelike the vision which I ...