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Steve's Corner

Steve's Latest Blog

The Mission of the Church in Our Time

September 9, 2008 | Steve

If by our baptism we are a called people of God, then it is important that we are clear about…

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Evangelism Appropriate to Our Age

September 5, 2008 | Steve

Because so many people have been offended by a particular form of evangelism that is visible in our society, it…

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Evangelism and Other Faiths

September 4, 2008 | Steve

In our pluralistic society we will have the opportunity to interact with people of many faiths as well as many…

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Good News and Our Jewish Neighbor

September 3, 2008 | Steve

The relation of the Christian to our Jewish neighbors is a special case. Paul is quite clear in his letter…

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Conversation with an Agnostic

September 2, 2008 | Steve

We will also have conversations with the pragmatic agnostics whose numbers seem to be increasing in our culture. These are…

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Naming Grace We Experience

August 29, 2008 | Steve

Sally and her friend and colleague, Brian, have been working feverishly to complete a legal brief. They come to a…

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Conversations From the Ground Up

August 28, 2008 | Steve

Despite the secular nature of our society, there are frequent opportunities for conversations about the faith which start from the…

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Evangelism Based on Awe

August 27, 2008 | Steve

In a society which has been captured by a horizontal view of reality, there is a hunger for the experience…

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The Authority of Experience

August 26, 2008 | Steve

In a society which holds a great antipathy for authoritarianism, the church needs to be sensitive to the way we…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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.…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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