Blog Post

Blog Post

Blog Post

Blog Post

Blog Post

Blog Post

Blog Post

Blog Post

Blog Post

Blog Post

Blog Post

Blog Post

Blog Post

Blog Post

Blog Post

Blog Post

Blog Post

Blog Post

Blog Post

Blog Post

Steve's Corner

Steve's Latest Blog

The Beginning of Healing

August 22, 2008 | Steve

Ted had been very frightened when he was told that he had cancer. While he had never tried to persuade…

View
Evangelism Like a Good Samaritan

August 21, 2008 | Steve

The issue of telling others of the salvation that we have experienced being fleshed out in church life requires us…

View
To Over-Speak and Under-Speak

August 20, 2008 | Steve

The unique perspective on the world that the church provides is often overlooked even by those who experience it. The…

View
Addressing the World’s Questions From a Fresh Perspective

August 19, 2008 | Steve

It is important to recognize that often the church has a reputation of not being open to exploring the deeper…

View
The Church Provides An Alternate View

August 18, 2008 | Steve

So the first task of a church in preparation for evangelism is to help people recognize the Good News that…

View
Language That Gives Us Eyes

August 15, 2008 | Steve

This is not to deny that Christ can work beyond the church and address people outside the church. While God…

View
Not an Idea but an Experience

August 14, 2008 | Steve

Without a community we do not have a place to which we can bring someone to share in the experience…

View
Good News and the Loss of Power (Part 2)

August 13, 2008 | Steve

We are rapidly experiencing our third disestablishment or loss of power as a church that is more cultural in nature.…

View
Good News and the Loss of Power (Part 1)

August 12, 2008 | Steve

Good News is something you want to share with others whom you care about. The Christian faith is not an…

View
Evangelism From Our Own Experience

August 11, 2008 | Steve

Evangelism is the telling of the Good News. As of the late the church has rediscovered the idea of evangelism…

View
Living Into Communion (Part 2)

August 8, 2008 | Steve

Edgar supposed that it actually began before those words were read when he happen to glance over his shoulder during…

View
Living Into Communion (Part 1))

August 7, 2008 | Steve

“Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be answerable for…

View
Communion as Re-Participation

August 6, 2008 | Steve

Communion is a re-participation in our story. Christ comes to us again and again and addresses our situation. Are we…

View
Communion as Re-Membering

August 5, 2008 | Steve

Communion continues the experience of baptism. Jesus said, “I have come that they might have life and that they might…

View
Baptism as Membering

August 4, 2008 | Steve

If the sacraments rightly administered are a mark of the true church, then they clearly are a central part of…

View
Touching Christ in the Body of Christ — A Parable

August 1, 2008 | Steve

Ralph did not know when he first began to be aware of the healing effect of the church on him.…

View
When You Can’t Fix It

July 31, 2008 | Steve

In the Body of Christ there will be members who will be confronted with problems in their lives for which…

View
Heresy versus Idolatry

July 30, 2008 | Steve

A central problem for the church in our time is that we have lost sight of the one allegiance which…

View
Creeping Idolatry

July 25, 2008 | Steve

A critical issue with which many people struggle today is the question, “Who is my Lord?” We live in a…

View
A Parable of Unexpected Grace (Part 2)

July 24, 2008 | Steve

(Continued from Part 1) Then things got worse. A Scripture was poorly read and the sermon started. The Scripture had…

View