True Freedom

In my preparation to share with you from Paul’s letter to the church of Galatia I was reminded that the major themes of this great book are Authority, Grace, and Freedom. In last week’s letter I asked, “Who Is In Charge?” which deals with the Authority aspect as Christ is King of Kings and Lord [...]

Who is Really in Charge?

Speaking of mission, I would like to share with you something that I came across in my reading and study just this morning by Arthur Glasser (2003) in Announcing the Kingdom: The Story of God’s Mission in the Bible (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic) pp. 20 – 21: God’s right to reign and rule over all [...]

Christian Ethics

…ethics is a way of seeing God and ourselves in relation to him before it is a matter of behaving a certain way. Without vision of God as high, lifted up, and worthy of worship, there will be no permanent change of life…

It’s Time to Exercise!

I Timothy 4:6 – 11, If you instruct the brethren in these things, you will be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished in the words of faith and of the good doctrine which you have carefully followed.  But reject profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise yourself toward godliness.  For bodily exercise profits a [...]

Being the Church!

In my current reading I came across something that so relates to the American church today and I wanted to share it with you: “To see the church as a building or as the activities that go on in the building is to return to the sacred/secular split that has done so much damage to [...]

Simply Christianity

Simplicity: Something we all need in our cluttered lives. Listen to the God-inspired words of the Psalmist in 19:7 & 8, “The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul; The testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple; The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart; The commandment of [...]

How Does the Church Impact the Culture?

American society is made up of many different philosophies of life. Our nation has truly become the “melting pot” of the world. This pluralism has had an affect upon society. With the increase in information and immigration over the last half century new religions have been introduced leading to the concept of tolerance of all [...]

A Dangerous Separation

The challenge facing the Christian in Western culture is the separation of belief from practice. Orthodoxy and orthopraxis are words that describe one’s belief as related to one’s action. Orthodoxy is from the Greek words “orthos” which means straight or right while “doxa” means opinion. This has come to mean doctrinal correctness as opposed to [...]