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BLOG 6/17/17. THE OXYMORON OF PASSIVE DISCIPLESHIP Even a cursory glance at Jesus’ teachings leave no doubt that obedience to his teachings and commands were at the threshold of true discipleship. As a matter of fact, he likened those who … Continue reading →

BLOG 6/13/17. WHO ARE YOU GONNA BELIEVE? There is no problem getting confused when trying to make sense of all the news coming across the media these days, … claims and counter-claims, significant national figures accusing each other of lying, … Continue reading →

BLOG 6/10/17. WHAT TO MAKE OF A TROUBLED GOVERNMENT? This past week has been troubling beyond belief, and shattered our naïveté about human leadership. To watch a former FBI leader designate the president of the United States as a ‘liar’ … Continue reading →

BLOG 6/6/17. STATIC CHURCHES IN A NOMADIC CULTURE? The ‘village church’ sounds so quaint. It harks back to the time when the church house was a community gathering place, and buzzed with activity on Sundays, and was considered by many … Continue reading →

BLOG 6/3/17. THE ENVIRONMENT IS A MATTER OF CHRISTIAN STEWARDSHIP I am really not able to remain silent of the environment, what with all of the political controversy over global warming and climate change, or this administrations choice to abandon … Continue reading →

BLOG 5/30/17. “I FORGOT THE MESSAGE!” A New Yorker cartoon some years ago pictured the runner Phidippides standing before the elders in Athens with this humorously bewildered and befuddled look on his face, declaring: “I forgot the message!” He had … Continue reading →

BLOG 5/27/17. THE FRIGHTENING METAPHOR OF DARKNESS I have come to have a new appreciation for the frequent use of darkness in Scriptures as a metaphor for all kinds of frightening realities. It so happed that the other morning I … Continue reading →

BLOG 5/23/17. THE GIFT OF THE PASTOR-TEACHER In the key passage on the essential components of disciple-making (Ephesians 4:10-14), or those gifts that bring all of God’s people into their maturity, and into the ministry to which they are called … Continue reading →

BLOG 5/20/17. EQUIPPING ALL GOD’S PEOPLE TO BE APOSTLES I operate on the presupposition that the divine purpose in the church is in order to recreate the human community into what God intended the human community to be, so that … Continue reading →

BLOG 5/16/17. THE CHURCH: EQUIPPED TO COMMUNICATE In my last Blog, I was trying to make somewhat intelligible how important it was for the Christian community to equip all of its members to understand their culture, i.e., to be equipped … Continue reading →