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- April 24, 2024
CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS How would our prayers of confession be different if we tried to reflect Christ as a body…
- April 19, 2024
GOD’S HISTORY OF SURPRISES Approaching the problem of racism from the perspective of a redemptive God means acknowledging our sins…
- April 17, 2024
SAVED TO COMMUNITY In God’s economy, we are saved to community. We not only need to confess, but we need…
- April 12, 2024
TRUST THAT GOD TRANSFORMS Redemptive Theology trusts in the creative power of God, who is not only not defeated by evil…
- April 10, 2024
AN INVITATION TO TRUST A REDEMPTIVE GOD Using the cross and the resurrection as our template for how God works…
- April 5, 2024
What if God knew the nature of humanity and planned for it in God’s redemptive design from the beginning? Assume…
- March 29, 2024
NOW THAT IS FUNNY Learning the Basics of Subtle HumorLet’s be clear: The goal in adding some humor to your…
- March 27, 2024
THE FUTURE OF DENOMINATIONS I’d like to share some work I’d done on where denominations are headed.What will they look…
- March 20, 2024
RACISM AND PRIVILEGE How does the Christian church respond to the systemic racism that plagues our society? How do we…
- March 13, 2024
A FRESH BEGINNING I think one of the paralyzing features of modern Christianity in addressing racism is its inability to…
, , , - March 8, 2024
GOD IS NOT DEFEATED BY RACISM What we discover with the cross is that God is not only not defeated…
- March 6, 2024
SAVED TO COMMUNITY In God’s economy, we are saved to community. We not only need to confess, but we need…
, , - March 1, 2024
As Christians, we are invited to trust in the creative power of God who not only is not defeated by…
, , , - February 28, 2024
INTRODUCTION My purpose is to provide a pastor and the church leadership in Caucasian churches with a step-by-step plan for…
, - February 23, 2024
Excerpt from recently published "Hospitality for Alien Strangers" As Derek left, he took a short walk through the city park.…
- February 21, 2024
I think the Christian church is experiencing Phyllis Tickle’s 500-year reformation theory, and therefore we need some in-depth reflections on…
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IT WAS OUR CHOICE
August 30, 2025
THE CHOICE IS YOURS A spaceship was hurtling through space on an adventure never before experienced by humankind. Almost by…
Religious genius & Squirrel infestation
August 25, 2025
The Presbyterian church called a meeting to decide what to do abouttheir squirrel infestation. After much prayer and many meetings,…
WHEN CHURCH HISTORY CAUSES YOU DESPAIR
August 16, 2025
I have just finished reading an article in the September issue of the Christian Century that not only saddened me…
WORSHIP & RACISM
August 9, 2025
If, as a recent Barna poll suggests, almost 2/3rds of active Christians believe that the church should address the issue…
HOW TO BEGIN, RACISM AND YOUR SPIRITUAL LEADERSHIP
August 2, 2025
No pastor likes to think of conflict and division in the church, especially the one in which the pastor offers…
IF WE BUILT THE CHURCH
July 14, 2025
How many times, have you seen someone else do a job and thought, if I were doing it, I’d have…
A PARABLE OF THE BEGINNING
July 3, 2025
BY STEPHEN MCCUTCHAN There once was a church called Charlie who lived in a vast country called Amer. Amer was…
LET MY PEOPLE GO
June 24, 2025
PART 3 Scene #6 A new strategy “I wonder what would happen if we didn’t start out focusing on race…
LET MY PEOPLE GO PART 2
June 20, 2025
Scene #3 JOINED BY A CUSTODIAN A custodian entered the chapel cautiously. “You alright, mister? I was going to clean…
LET MY PEOPLE GO
June 17, 2025
*Scene # 1 When God Calls Moses “I m-m-ay not b-be a great preacher, but no one can say I’m…