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Steve's Corner
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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
