Monthly Archives: July 2019

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 →

BLOG 7/18/19. THE DEMEANING OF THE DESIGNATION: EVANGELICAL The current political scene becomes the more perplexing as a sizeable segment of the voting population are identifying themselves as: ‘conservative evangelicals’. We need to unpack that to see how demeaning it … Continue reading →

BLOG 7/15/19. I AM A CITIZEN OF TWO NATIONS, … NOT ALWAYS EASY. I don’t mind having to pay taxes, actually. Out of my modest retirement income I have to come up with a couple thousand dollars a year. But … Continue reading →

BLOG 7/11/19. POSSESSIONS/MAMMON: THE NAMED COMPETITOR WITH GOD It won’t hurt us as Christians to surface the danger of wealth, and take a sober look at its dominance as a major force/influence is our current political landscape.  For One major … Continue reading →

BLOG 7/9/19. THE STORY OF BASE CHURCHES, AND SOCIAL CHANGE What happens when the church doesn’t have clergy to lean on? What happens when the church has no ‘clergy filter’ between its participants and the teachings of scriptures? Well, up … Continue reading →

BLOG. JULY 4TH 2019. “O GOD OF EARTH AND ALTAROn this July 4th, and with this troubled nation in turmoil,  I send along as my Blog this classic hymn-prayer by G. K. Chesterton as a cry from the heart: “O … Continue reading →

BLOG 7/2/19. DYING CHURCHES IN DENIAL ARE A COMMON PHENOMENON In the heyday of the Christendom era, it was assumed that the mission at hand was to create church institutions, replete with sanctuaries and staffed by gifted clergy, … and … Continue reading →