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BLOG 6/7/15. WHAT ON EARTH IS THE CHURCH? “Pardon me, Mr. Henderson, but what on earth is the church?” That was the question poised to me by an obviously very intelligent young table mate in my favorites coffee shop. I … Continue reading →

BLOG 6/3/15. THE GATES OF HELL . . . AND THE CHILDREN OF THE LIGHT Those of you who are subscribers to these Blog ramblings of mine might be interested that the last one I posted (What Are We Going … Continue reading →

BLOG 5/31/15. WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH: “THE GATES OF HELL?” Have you ever noticed that there are some subjects in the Bible that are absolutely essential to our understanding the integrity and awesomeness of its message, but … Continue reading →

BLOG 5/27/15. GENERATIONAL CULTURES, AND THE CHURCH’S NEED OF PROPHETS Monday was Memorial Day and the reminiscing reminded me that in my lifetime there have been at least four unique and quite different generational cultures, each hardly understood by the … Continue reading →

BLOG 5/24/15. PENTECOST, THE WIND OF GOD, AND A NEW RACE The whole Christian church is unimaginable apart from that which the Christian church (ostensibly) celebrates today: Pentecost. The Spirit of God, or ‘the Wind of God’ (depending how you … Continue reading →

BLOG 5/20/15. PENTECOST CONFUSES SOCIETY … AND THE CHURCH. This coming Sunday is the Christian community’s annual celebration of Pentecost, … and, frankly it’s a bit amusing. The commercial interests have learned how to co-opt other Christian celebrations, or feast … Continue reading →

BLOG 5/17/15. THE FRIGHTENING PERIL OF BEING WEALTHY There is one of Jesus’ parables that doesn’t get much attention, and with good reason: It challenges the popular myth that to be wealthy creates satisfaction, security, happiness—all of which is a … Continue reading →

BLOG 5/13/15. MILLENNIALS LEAVING THE CHURCH? SHOULD THEY, MAYBE? Allow me to be my snarky self for a bit, here. It has been all over the news media for the past few days, in a report by the Pew Research … Continue reading →

BLOG 5/10/15. WHEN DOES A CHURCH CEASE TO BE A CHURCH? A generation ago, Gerald Arbuckle was asked as a cultural anthropologist to seek to determine why it was that his Roman Catholic order was diminishing so rapidly. Among other … Continue reading →

BLOG 5/6/15. POST-NEWBIGIN ‘ECCLESIASTICAL SCHIZOPHRENICS’? It is probably tantamount to sheer heresy on my part to suggest that the influence of the venerable Lesslie Newbigin is not only dated, but outdated. After all, Lesslie Newbigin’s influence on the church’s understanding … Continue reading →