Author: Steve

  • February 8, 2008
    A midwestern church was proud of itself for having just successfully completed its capital campaign to redecorate its new sanctuary.…

  • February 7, 2008
    How can we say that Christ is present in the church? For Bonhoeffer, God was not just an idea to…

  • February 6, 2008
    Yesterday I posed the question: "If God approached humanity through the Word made flesh, is it possible to consider that…

  • February 5, 2008
    Consider the possibility that the church israther than ought to be the Body of Christ. What if paul was not…

  • February 4, 2008
    Where would you place yourself between the assertion that there is no salvation outside the church and the position that…

  • February 1, 2008
    In recent years there has been an increasing attention paid to the issue of clergy self-care. I've written a lot…

  • January 29, 2008
    The nature of the church is being challenged by the culture of consumerism in which it exists. The consumer mentality…

  • January 28, 2008
    Beginning with Augustine but continuing with Luther, Calvin, The Scots Confession, and the Second Helvietic Confession, the church, both Protestant…

  • January 26, 2008
    As denominations attempt to change to meet the changing conditions of our society, a clear trend is to decentralize. In…

  • January 24, 2008
    Philip Jenkins in his book, The Next Christendom describes how the population center of Christianity is moving to the Southern…