Cultural Sensitivity

I’ve been writing an extended series of columns describing our goals and values for corporate worship. So far, I’ve said that we want our worship gatherings to be God-centered, cross-centered, and Scripture-saturated. Two weeks ago, I wrote about congregational...

How is the Gospel functioning in your life?

A discovery was made five years ago that shocked and thrilled both professional and amateur historians—the original draft of a 12-page letter written in the summer of 1775. The letter was a final, urgent plea for reconciliation between the American Colonies and the...

WORTHWHILE READINGS

One of the delights of being in a rich, high technology culture is that we can readily get excellent books.  These books are being added to the church distributed library, and I would commend them to you. Jesus Made in America by Stephen Nichols – A Cultural History...

What Should History Teach Us?

What should history teach us?  What if God is writing the history?  Let’s think about what God tells us through the history of ancient Israel: I Samuel:  We are drawn to self reliant and impressive leaders like Saul, but God calls us to follow obedient and faithful...