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- February 7, 2008
How can we say that Christ is present in the church? For Bonhoeffer, God was not just an idea to…
- February 6, 2008
Yesterday I posed the question: "If God approached humanity through the Word made flesh, is it possible to consider that…
- February 5, 2008
Consider the possibility that the church israther than ought to be the Body of Christ. What if paul was not…
- February 4, 2008
Where would you place yourself between the assertion that there is no salvation outside the church and the position that…
- February 1, 2008
In recent years there has been an increasing attention paid to the issue of clergy self-care. I've written a lot…
- January 29, 2008
The nature of the church is being challenged by the culture of consumerism in which it exists. The consumer mentality…
- January 28, 2008
Beginning with Augustine but continuing with Luther, Calvin, The Scots Confession, and the Second Helvietic Confession, the church, both Protestant…
- January 26, 2008
As denominations attempt to change to meet the changing conditions of our society, a clear trend is to decentralize. In…
- January 24, 2008
Philip Jenkins in his book, The Next Christendom describes how the population center of Christianity is moving to the Southern…
- January 23, 2008
Bill Hybel, the senior pastor of Willow Creek, has done a remarkable thing. Willow Creek is known as the megachurch…
- January 21, 2008
When you read the various arguments that are being spoken and published with respect to the hot issues that are…
- January 18, 2008
Jesus has been traveling across Galilee proclaiming the good news of God and saying, "The time is fulfilled, and the…
- January 17, 2008
How do we approach the question of what the church has to offer those who are part of it. One…
- January 16, 2008
Recently I was talking to a retired pastor about what advice he would give to a person considering a call…
- January 14, 2008
As you travel almost anywhere in the country, one is struck with the multitude of churches that dot our landscape.…
- January 11, 2008
Another seismic change has occurred in the way we experience the church. At one time we debated whether the church's…