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Steve's Corner
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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
A Parable of Unexpected Grace (Part 1)
July 23, 2008 | Steve
Terry had been driving through a town on Sunday morning on her way to a Monday morning business appointment. As…
Liturgy as Celebration of God’s Gifts of Grace
July 22, 2008 | Steve
The worship experience provides several opportunities to lift up the experiences of grace within the life of a congregation. The…
Preconscious Experiences of Grace
July 21, 2008 | Steve
A central task of the liturgy is the lifting up of the work of the people of God in praise.…
The Politics of Fear and the Ordination Debate
July 18, 2008 | Steve
It was interesting to watch the recent General Assembly respond to the politics of fear. I was recently talking to…
Can the Church Hold Two Opposing Standards?
July 15, 2008 | Steve
When the original Peace, Unity, and Purity report of the PC(USA) came out in 2006, the emphasis was on pushing…