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BLOG 9.20.19. WHAT FORM SHOULD WE LOOK FOR IN A CHURCH? In my last Blog, I raised the unpleasant, but inescapable reality that churches and church institutions can (and do) die. That immediately raises the question of what communal expression … Continue reading →

BLOG 9.17.1. CAN CHURCHES DIE? YOU BET THEY CAN, AND DO! One of the sad legacies of the ‘Christendom era’ is that large number of Christian churches that were once alive and fruitful, … but then lost their dynamic grasp … Continue reading →

BLOG 9.13.19. THE CHURCH AS A GLOBAL TRIBE IN DIVERSE VILLAGES In my last blog, I appropriated some findings of cultural anthropologists and defined the church a vast global tribe. These same anthropologists explain that what makes tribes cohere is … Continue reading →

BLOG 9.11.19: SEARS-ROEBUCK CHURCHES IN AN AMAZON CULTURE Everything is changing, and changing fast. The digital culture has been a culture transforming force, so that the nature of work and the workplace, the way we do education, … everything is … Continue reading →

[A word of explanation o my readers: I have been silent for these past several weeks due to some complications with my blogging platform being out-of-date. That problem is now resolved due to  the efforts of my skillful friend. So, … Continue reading →

BLOG 8/6/19. CHILDREN OF DARKNESS OR CHILDREN OF THE LIGHT? There’s a frightening dimension to the social-political scene we’re going to be watching in the forthcoming months before the presidential election in 2020. You’ll find it in Matthew 25:31ff. It … Continue reading →

BLOG 8/1/19. WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF YOUR CHURCH?   If I seem to my readers a bit ‘hung up’ on my obsession with the integrity of the church, …it is because over my long career as a pastor I … Continue reading →

BLOG 7/30/19. WHEN IS A CHURCH NOT A CHURCH? ,.. AND HOW DO YOU TELL THE DIFFERENCE? I was having a conversation with a good friend a few days ago about the integrity and viability of a venerable old church … Continue reading →

BLOG 7/26/19. “A FOOL GIVES FULL VENT TO HIS SPIRIT, BUT A WISE MAN QUIETLY HOLDS IT BACK” (Proverbs 29:11) I watched a demonstration of this proverb with fascination on Tuesday at the congressional hearing with special counsel Robert Mueller. … Continue reading →

BLOG 7/23/19. RECLAIMING OUR PRIMARY (INTER)NATIONALITY AS CHRIST’S DISCIPLES Just maybe too many of us identify ourselves as followers of Christ a bit mindlessly? Maybe we join Christian communities and make Christian profession without realizing that it might just cost … Continue reading →