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- June 7, 2023
Ten top Reasons to Refuse to Hear God's Call In the Reformed faith, we believe that all people have a…
- June 2, 2023
An Enemy Within the Church Almost every pastor has the experience of having some person or persons within the membership…
- May 31, 2023
An exercise in exploring White Privilege When Whites hear the term White Privilege, they usually have one of two reactions.…
, - May 31, 2023
Cost of Listening Most churches would agree that they value a pastor who can listen with sensitivity to people who…
- May 19, 2023
JUDICATORIES WHO CARE FOR CLERGY PREVENT THEOLOGICAL BURNOUT Most of the pastors in your judicatory have had at least three…
- May 17, 2023
MARRIED TO THE BODY OF CHRIST–part two The parable continues Abigail enthralled his adult class with her description of her…
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PART ONE MARRIED TO THE BODY OF CHRIST Stephen McCutchan Part one David Benedict, pastor of Good Shepherd Lutheran church,…
- May 10, 2023
IS FORCE THE ANSWER TO THREAT? (This is an excerpt from “Hospitality for Alien Strangers,” to be published in the…
- May 5, 2023
PREVIEW OF NOVEL TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE FALL OF 2023 At the time, no one understood that what took…
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One Future for Denominations In reading Thomas Friedman’s The World is Flat I was struck with its implications for denominationalism.…
- April 28, 2023
If Jesus saves us from our sins and it is clear that we continue sinning, then how does Jesus save…
- April 26, 2023
The Saving Experience of Worship You find yourself talking to a friend during your lunch hour, and the topic of…
, - April 21, 2023
HOW DOES THE CHURCH SAVE In what way does Jesus' body offer us salvation in a fractured, frightened, often despairing…
- April 19, 2023
GOD'S RESPONSE TO IMPERFECTION While both members and non-members will occasionally comment on the failure of the church to live…
- April 14, 2023
Flipping the question The major issue facing mainline Christianity in our time is the flip side of the ancient statement,…
, - April 5, 2023
The importance of accountability and evaluation The Importance of Accountability and Evaluation Accountability and evaluation are crucial elements in the…
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