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- September 12, 2008
Witness in the third paradigm is not done from a position of arrogance but of humility. A problem for the…
- September 11, 2008
In all three paradigms, the focus of mission is “salvation,” but the frontier where that mission is carried out shifts.…
- September 10, 2008
Over 17 years ago, Loren Mead, in his book The Once and Future Church, stated that “where a sense of…
- September 9, 2008
If by our baptism we are a called people of God, then it is important that we are clear about…
- September 5, 2008
Because so many people have been offended by a particular form of evangelism that is visible in our society, it…
- September 4, 2008
In our pluralistic society we will have the opportunity to interact with people of many faiths as well as many…
- September 3, 2008
The relation of the Christian to our Jewish neighbors is a special case. Paul is quite clear in his letter…
- September 2, 2008
We will also have conversations with the pragmatic agnostics whose numbers seem to be increasing in our culture. These are…
- August 29, 2008
Sally and her friend and colleague, Brian, have been working feverishly to complete a legal brief. They come to a…
, - August 28, 2008
Despite the secular nature of our society, there are frequent opportunities for conversations about the faith which start from the…
- August 27, 2008
In a society which has been captured by a horizontal view of reality, there is a hunger for the experience…
- August 26, 2008
In a society which holds a great antipathy for authoritarianism, the church needs to be sensitive to the way we…
- August 22, 2008
Ted had been very frightened when he was told that he had cancer. While he had never tried to persuade…
, - August 21, 2008
The issue of telling others of the salvation that we have experienced being fleshed out in church life requires us…
- August 20, 2008
The unique perspective on the world that the church provides is often overlooked even by those who experience it. The…
- August 19, 2008
It is important to recognize that often the church has a reputation of not being open to exploring the deeper…