If we are to understand how God works, it is impoortant to be honest about the sinfulness of the church.…

I have just returned from a three week trip to New Zealand and Australia. I will continue my reflections on…

Now the “Body of Christ” becomes a continuation of the embodiment of the Word of God. Like Israel, its life…

The Scriptures provide us clues for how to look at the patterns of God’s revelation in time. If the descendants…

In seminary the person studying for the ministry is taught how to exegete Scripture. That is, they are taught how…

The nine thesis articulated in previous blogs are the promise of the community gathered in Christ’s name. Of course not…

Continuing the nine thesis of how we experience salvation in the ordinary life of the church. Seventh, in a culture…

Continuing my nine thesis of how we experience salvation in the ordinary life of the church. Fourth, in a culture…

Because our culture emphasizes the spectacular, we often neglect to appreciate the value of the ordinary in sustaining us in…

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…