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…

In recent years there has been an increasing attention paid to the issue of clergy self-care. I’ve written a lot…

The nature of the church is being challenged by the culture of consumerism in which it exists. The consumer mentality…

Beginning with Augustine but continuing with Luther, Calvin, The Scots Confession, and the Second Helvietic Confession, the church, both Protestant…

As denominations attempt to change to meet the changing conditions of our society, a clear trend is to decentralize. In…

Philip Jenkins in his book, The Next Christendom describes how the population center of Christianity is moving to the Southern…

Bill Hybel, the senior pastor of Willow Creek, has done a remarkable thing. Willow Creek is known as the megachurch…

When you read the various arguments that are being spoken and published with respect to the hot issues that are…

Jesus has been traveling across Galilee proclaiming the good news of God and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the…

How do we approach the question of what the church has to offer those who are part of it. One…

Recently I was talking to a retired pastor about what advice he would give to a person considering a call…