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BLOG 9/23/13. “YOU’VE WRITTEN BOOKS? … WOW!” Because I’m an octogenarian and because I’ve been off the public stage for a long time, and was never famous in the first place, and that my introverted nature has intentionally kept something … Continue reading →

BLOG. 9/19/13. PART II: A DIS-EVANGELIZED CHURCH? In my last Blog I raised the phenomenon of the possibility of a church being dis-evangelized. Be aware that this always takes place quite unconsciously on the part of a particular Christian community—it … Continue reading →

BLOG 9/16/13. WHAT ABOUT A DIS-EVANGELIZED CHURCH? The word gospel (or evangel, as in evangelical or evangelism) has been so totally emasculated of, and distorted from, its true meaning that one hardly dares use it with any hope of folk … Continue reading →

BLOG 9/12/13: EQUIPPING PASTORS? DON’T COUNT ON IT! What in the world is a ‘pastor’ anyway? In one of the most enlightening passages in the New Testament that give insight into the form and purpose of the church, it is … Continue reading →

BLOG. 9/9/13: “WHEN LIFE DEALS YOU CARDS YOU’D RATHER NOT PLAY …” I think it was Johnny Cash who used to sing about life dealing us cards we’d rather not play. That dilemma seems particularly relevant today. I’m certain that … Continue reading →

BLOG. 9/5/13: DISCIPLES THE OTHER 100+ HOURS A WEEK? So we are called to be disciples. So we spend, maybe, four hours a week in church gatherings, and maybe fifty-six or so hours sleeping. That leaves about 108 hours in … Continue reading →

BLOG 9/2/13: SUBVERSIVE JESUS, RADICAL GRACE The other day I was at one of my favorite coffee shops and got into a chance conversation with one of the staff there, who is a very affable guy, also a professional actor, … Continue reading →

BLOG. 8/28/13. THE PRIMARY FORM OF THE CHURCH: SMALL When we’re looking at the church with eyes that see beyond today, and beyond this present adult generation, we’re looking at the wonderful prospect of a fresh generation that bids well … Continue reading →

BLOG 8/26/13. “I FORGOT THE MESSAGE!” Several years back, the New Yorker magazine included, what I considered, at riotously funny cartoon, which I had posted on my wall for years. It showed the original Marathoner, Phidippides, coming exhausted before the … Continue reading →

BLOG 8/21/13. BACK TO BASICS: WORSHIP AND ADORATION “Worship is the submission of all our nature to God.  It is the quickening of the conscience by his holiness, the nourishment of the mind with his truth; the purification of imagination … Continue reading →