Monthly Archives: April 2015

BLOG 4/29/15. WHEN THE GROUND SHIFTS UNDER OUR FEET It is described as a diastrophism: that event that occurs when the tectonic plates beneath the surface of the earth shift, and tend to obliterate much of what is on the … Continue reading →

BLOG 4/26/15. THE CHURCH: WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR? If you’re looking for a popular religious society, replete with many activities as your social medium that may call itself a church—you’re not looking for the church. If you’re looking for … Continue reading →

BLOG 4/22/15. EVANGELIZING THOSE ALREADY BAPTIZED? … SAY WHAT? From somewhere back in the archives of my mind comes the quote: “The primary task of the church today is that of evangelizing those already baptized.” I (probably mistakenly) attribute it … Continue reading →

BLOG 4/19/15. THE CONFESSIONS OF THIS ‘GADFLY’ BLOGGER I get asked with some regularity (like this morning) why and how I got into blogging? That’s an interesting question and so I’ll take a stab at an answer. I’ve got sixty … Continue reading →

BLOG 4/15/15. A BEAUTIFUL WORD HI-JACKED: EVANGELICAL Politicians and the press have horribly misused and distorted the word evangelical by using it to identify an extreme right wing coalition as ‘evangelical Christians’, … and too many who have identified themselves … Continue reading →

BLOG 4/12/15. “THREE THINGS WE DON’T TALK ABOUT IN OUR CHURCH …” … Then there was the dude who boasted: “There are three things we don’t talk about in our church: sex, politics, and religion.” That would be sort of … Continue reading →

BLOG 4/8/15. CHRISTIAN DENOMINATIONS: SO WHAT? I have posted on my refrigerator door an old ‘Mother Goose and Grim’ cartoon strip with two of those big-nosed dogs talking to one another. The one on the left is obviously a St. … Continue reading →

BLOG. 4/5/15. EASTER: A BRIEF WORD ABOUT SUFFERING AND FORGIVENESS Easter might just be an appropriate time to say a brief word about the demeanor of Christ’s followers within difficult contexts and unfriendly-hostile people. The news media seem to relish … Continue reading →

BLOG 4/1/15. (NO FOOLING) POST-NEWBIGIN SCHIZOPHRENICS A couple of generations ago, missionary Lesslie Newbigin returned from a distinguished missionary career in India, only to find that it was much more difficult to get a hearing for the gospel in his … Continue reading →