Category: Church

• A Series: The Culture Wars

  Starting next week, we will be diving into a 4 part series covering the American Culture Wars. I hope you’ll consider subscribing and sharing with anyone in your circles who…

  

• Grief, Guns, and Christian Nationalism

  I was sickened reading the news coming out of Boulder, Colorado. This just after the violence perpetrated against Asian Americans last week in Atlanta; where we now know the shooter…

  

• The Corporate Gospel

  “It all comes down to the three ‘B’s — buildings, budgets, and butts.” This is an old saying I’ve heard more than a few times in ministry. American business in…

  

• The Danger of a Co-Opted Christ

  It was the summer of 2020. I was gathering with local pastors, for prayer and reflection. The day before, President Trump had taken his now infamous picture outside St. John’s…

  

• 5 Great Quotes: MLK Jr.

  Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968) was a pastor, scholar, and pioneering activist. His life was given to the work of American Civil Rights and racial reconciliation in the American church.…

  

• 5 Great Quotes: George MacLeod

  George MacLeod (1895-1991) was a 20th century Scottish pastor, and restorer/founder of the Iona Community in Scotland. He fought in World War I, and was converted to Christ after the…

  

• Bonhoeffer’s Frontline Christmas

  I’ve been reading Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Letters And Papers From Prison. He was a German pastor & member of the German Resistance against the Nazi Party during World War II. Bonhoeffer…

  

• Jesus, Marx, and Systemic Sin

  Can sin be systemic? The Christian Scriptures teach that sin is both a human condition & concrete action. Sin as a condition refers to the posture of the human spirit…

  

• Is Jesus Asking The Church To Take Back America?

  “Taking America back for God” is a common rallying cry in some American Christian circles. But is God asking this of his Church in America? And what does taking America…

  

• The Church Beyond The Ballot

  Politics affect people, and people matter to Jesus. All through the Scriptures, faith in God carries with it a concern for the welfare of others. Tim Keller notes, “Jesus forbids…