The church encounters the experience of grace in worship where a prayer of intercession invites us to crawl out of…

What does it look like in the life of an ordinary church? Mark and Julia had been having a pretty…

If we are going to discern the Word of God as it takes on flesh in our congregations, then we…

Any consideration of the Word being made flesh in the continuing Body of Christ must recognize that God accommodates the…

For people to encounter Christ in the Body of Christ, they must believe that he is indeed present. Otherwise they…

Hans Kung states, “the church is essentially more than what it appears to be. It is not an ordinary people…

Too often we think of the Christian community as the church which we attend. We forget that the Body of…

Bonhoeffer, in his book, Christ the Center, emphasizes that our central question must be “Who is Christ for me?” (Christ…

While I believe it is important that we reexamine the divine nature of the church, this is not to suggest…

The early church had fierce debates over whether Jesus was human or divine. The party known as the Ebionites emphasized…

Several weeks later, Allen was sitting in his office one Wednesday afternoon working on his sermon for Sunday when his…

For the next six months Allen continued to meet with Henry in an almost secretive fashion. Henry would talk and…

As if it were built into his DNA, there wasn’t even a moment’s hesitation. Allen dialed the Living Waters church,…

The letter came three weeks later. Allen’s hand began to shake as he read it. It was the stone by…

Based on Genesis 4:2-8 By Stephen McCutchan “Thank you for calling. I appreciate your honesty. May God bless you. Good…

A midwestern church was proud of itself for having just successfully completed its capital campaign to redecorate its new sanctuary.…

How can we say that Christ is present in the church? For Bonhoeffer, God was not just an idea to…

Yesterday I posed the question: “If God approached humanity through the Word made flesh, is it possible to consider that…

Consider the possibility that the church israther than ought to be the Body of Christ. What if paul was not…

Where would you place yourself between the assertion that there is no salvation outside the church and the position that…