William R. KimballJul 22, 20214 min"A Humorous Look at Contemporary Church Growth"When I wrote this I didn't know whether to laugh or cry because it was so true in many cases. Most of us are familiar with the saying,...
William R. KimballJul 22, 20213 min"The Significance of Insignificance"Astronomers tell us that our sun is so large that you could put a million earths inside of it like BB’s inside of a basketball! Yet there...
William R. KimballJul 22, 20213 min"September 19th, 1967"That’s when it happened. The place was Oakland, California. The "Summer of Love" was coming to a close in Haight-Ashbury across the Bay....
William R. KimballJul 22, 20213 min"For The Furtherance of the Gospel"I met Dr. Hoa in 1988 during my first trip back to Vietnam since the war. She was the director of the pediatric hospital in Saigon and a...
William R. KimballJul 22, 20213 min"Standing Alone"When I look at the huge pack of spiritual wolves, apostates and gullible groupies spread out before me I feel like the lone sheep in this...
William R. KimballJul 22, 20213 min"A Somewhere Man in a Nowhere Land"“Nowhere Man” is a Beatle’s song that begins with the words, “He’s a Real Nowhere Man, Sitting in His Nowhere Land, Making All His...
William R. KimballJul 18, 20214 min"How to Build Better Mousetrap"(A Tongue & Cheek Look at Contemporary Church Growth) Most of us are familiar with the saying, ”Build a better mousetrap and the world...
William R. KimballJul 8, 20213 min"We're Off to See the Wizard!""Exposing the Error of 'Jesus Plus' Christians" I can think of no better place to showcases the fundamental problem with being a “Jesus...
William R. KimballJul 4, 20213 min"Nine Reasons Why People Cling to Churchanity"When you consider the number of disillusioned believers leaving the traditional church and the growing number who have grown increasingly...
William R. KimballJun 30, 20214 min"What Our Gathering Together Is & What It Is Not"Staunch defenders of churchanity are quick to point to Paul’s exhortation to “Forsake not the gathering of ourselves together” when...
William R. KimballJun 5, 20212 min"Twenty Years After Churchanity Ended"I firmly believe that if you got rid of churchianity, all the church buildings, religious rituals, religious window dressing, church...
William R. KimballJun 4, 20213 minIt's Extraordinary Just How Ordinary"What stands out most about the remnant of Elijah’s day is just how ordinary they must have been. There was absolutely nothing...
William R. KimballMay 8, 20213 min"God's Watchmen Upon the Wall"The proverbial watchmen upon the wall have been entrusted with a unique stewardship. They have been uniquely called to speak to their...
William R. KimballMay 8, 20213 min"Casting Your Pearls Before Swine"Jesus used this graphic figure of speech to warn us not to “cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and...
William R. KimballMay 8, 20213 min"Humpty Dumpty Sat on a Wall"We've all heard the familiar lyrics, "Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall; Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the king's horses and all of the...
William R. KimballMay 8, 20214 min"The Amazing American Church"Several years ago, a leader in the underground house church movement in China (which has hundreds of thousands of house churches) was...
William R. KimballMay 1, 20213 min"No One Needs a 21st Century Revelation of God"During my ambitious, performance driven days of church life when we were on the eternal quest for something new and revolutionary to make...
William R. KimballApr 19, 20213 min"And What Do You Do?"I was once was invited to a dinner party. During the preparations I was rudely confronted by a woman I had never met before. We were...
William R. KimballApr 16, 20213 min"Ask Me If I Care"If you were to ask me if I care I would have to say “YES” and “NO”. Yes, I care enough about the plight of God’s people to speak out...
William R. KimballApr 12, 20213 min"Branded"Loyalty is often a one-way road in church life. As long as you are a committed member of the church or church clique you belong to, you...