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Experiencing the Forgiveness of a Community
September 18, 2008 | Steve
Tricia had been in the choir when she was a little girl. She loved the music. It was the best…
A Community of Forgiveness
September 17, 2008 | Steve
One of the scariest words ever spoken by Jesus is in the Gospel of John. During one of his resurrection…
A World Sin Filled Souls
September 16, 2008 | Steve
If sin is the alienation or distancing which we experience as a result of act, attitude, fear, desire or indifference…
Cure of Souls as Church’s Primary Mission
September 12, 2008 | Steve
Witness in the third paradigm is not done from a position of arrogance but of humility. A problem for the…
Shifting Frontier of Mission
September 11, 2008 | Steve
In all three paradigms, the focus of mission is “salvation,” but the frontier where that mission is carried out shifts.…
Changing Paradigm of Mission
September 10, 2008 | Steve
Over 17 years ago, Loren Mead, in his book The Once and Future Church, stated that “where a sense of…
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…