A Peaceful Urgency
Many things that are frequently said among my Pastor peers makes me uncomfortable or upset. One thing in particular has been bothering me even more lately. I think we have…
read moreMany things that are frequently said among my Pastor peers makes me uncomfortable or upset. One thing in particular has been bothering me even more lately. I think we have…
read moreIn The Great Stream: Imagining Churches of Christ in the Christian Tradition is a zenith in writings about the Churches of Christ (COC). Leonard Allen, dean of the college of…
read moreThe Church is closely related to the Kingdom and to the Mission of God (Missio Dei), but there are potential misunderstandings. This article is an article for clarification of terms…
read moreThere are few concepts more central to the preaching of Jesus than the Kingdom of God. Sadly, however, this concept does not receive an equal amount of attention from Jesus’s…
read moreSince its beginning, teaching has been a key part of what the Church does in the world. In fact, right after responding to Peter’s sermon on the day of Pentecost…
read moreOne distinction is important to make right off the bat. This is NOT referring to the Roman Catholic Church. The distinction that is usually made is between the capital “C”…
read moreThe Church is holy. This is so in two senses. The first, is that the Church is holy. How can we claim otherwise? Jesus died and gave Himself up in…
read moreThis is my second post in a series of ecclesiological explorations. We are studying the church in order to counter the bad ecclesiology that pervades so much of today’s world.…
read moreI am a Bibliophile. I love books. I collect books. Sometimes I collect more than I should….at least that’s what my wife thinks. I just love learning. I am also…
read moreI am a huge fan of Law and Order: Special Victims Unit. The cop drama and special nature of their victims make this show irresistible. In one episode I watched tonight,…
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