Easter 2014 Highlights from Around the World

Here are some Easter highlights shared with Christian Media Magazine from churches around the world: Easter at The Orchard in Chicago: Easter Recap Video 2014 from  LifeChurch.tv:    LifeChurch.tv OKC Opening: Easter 2014 Opening Video “Amazing Grace”...

Three Points To Remember When Preparing A Weekly Sermon

1. Communicate for change. Your goal as a pastor is to take people from where they are to somewhere different. This is communicating for change. Andy Stanley will talk about how he crafts messages for life change rather than just to communicate information and...

Why Passion Matters

God has wired you uniquely and specially—your DNA and what makes you tick is different from mine and those around you. God has a personal plan for your life (Jer 29:11). Often, when God wants to use you for something significant, he will give you a passion for a...

Easter Perspective

This Easter was different and in a good way. Usually over the past two decades of local church ministry, I’ve worked 80 and 90 hour weeks leading up to Easter Sunday. I’ve done Maundy Thursday services, Good Friday services, Easter Sunrise services,...

DJ Chuang Discusses Social Media and the Church with Greg Atkinson

I was honored to be a guest on my friend DJ Chuang’s Social Media Church Podcast this past Tuesday. We did a special live show to coincide with the special Pre-Release Party of my new book Strange Leadership, which has been in the Top Ten of the Church...