From the Appostolic Team
Insights, guides, and stories to help your church teach with clarity and confidence.
Why Should the Devil Have All the Good Software?
The church has software for giving, scheduling, streaming, and accounting. But the thing it actually exists to do — teach and proclaim the Kingdom — has almost no technological support. Until now.
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Deeper Than We Expected
Two Things I Discovered While Building Appostolic That Changed How I Think About What It Can Do
The same architecture that generates a Sunday school lesson can guide seminary-level formation. And when you invite someone into the research, the collaboration itself becomes the discipleship.
Three Sundays Without a Net
What Happens When the Pastor Is Away and Three Different People Fill the Pulpit
The pastor was away for three Sundays. Three men filled in. Three different problems. Theological misalignment, scattered prep, and a Google search sermon. All were predictable and preventable.
The Church We Forgot: Pt 2 - Shared Elders vs. Solo Pastor
How the Early Church’s Model of Shared Leadership Became the Modern Solo-Pastor-as-CEO Model
The New Testament pattern for church leadership is unmistakably plural. So how did a body of elders become a solo pastor carrying everything? The history is clear.
Why Should the Devil Have All the Good Software?
The Church Has Software for Everything Except the Thing It Actually Exists to Do
The church has software for giving, scheduling, streaming, and accounting. But the thing it actually exists to do — teach and proclaim the Kingdom — has almost no technological support. Until now.
When the Sermon Became the Job
The Shepherd's Inversion
The average pastor spends 14 hours a week preparing a monologue and 6 hours being with people. Somewhere along the way, the sermon became the job — and the shepherd became the speaker.
The Church We Forgot: Pt 1 - Ekklesia vs. "Church"
What the Word Actually Meant — and How a Building Replaced a People
The early church didn’t have worship bands, sermon series, or children’s ministry wings. They had each other. They had homes. They had bread and wine and prayer and the apostles’ teaching.
The Hat We Put On at Noon on Sunday
Why Kingdom Life Stops at the Church Door — and What Philippians 2 Says About It
I don't get a single call from my church during the week. But do I send one? No. Compartmentalized faith is the norm — and strong believers aren't immune. Philippians 2 asks us for something more.
Seeds Planted Thirty Years Ago
How a Reengineering Exercise in 1995 Became the Foundation for What I’m Building Today
In 1995, my team designed hologram teachers and executives laughed. Thirty years later, I'm building the principle underneath it. God plants seeds in one season and fulfills them in another.
"So... Any Thoughts?"
Why Small Churches Deserve Better Than the Curriculum They're Getting
Every week, a small group leader opens the Bible, reads a passage, looks up at the room, and says: 'So... any thoughts?"
Roman Roads, Printing Presses, and AI
What the Church Has Always Done with New Tools — and Why This Time Shouldn’t Be Different
"AI will generate slop." "AI replaces God." "AI replaces the Spirit." I've heard all three. One is right, one is wrong, and one I agree with completely.