Jesus is pretty clear about children in the Kingdom of God. This is one of the subjects within Jesus' teaching where it is hard to twist the meaning of His words
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On "grass" churches, reading the bible, wedding invitations, and consuming our golden calves with Rev. Taylor Mertins.
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Ellen Blue argues that Hurricane Katrina gave the church an opportunity to remake itself after the devastating storm ravaged the Gulf Coast. While recovery is still ongoing in the Gulf, Blue notes that new multiracial ministries have been birthed in the aftermath
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Catechism is a word used in churches annually with little thought to the meaning or practice. What does catechism really mean and in understanding the word can we do it better?
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When do we ever see things as they are? It can be hard to see the grace extended to us by Christ on the cross, opening the possiblity that we can be open about our junk.
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Taylor Mertins and I discuss Exodus 20.1-4, 7-9, 12-20, Isaiah 5.1-7, Philippians 3.4b-14, Matthew 21.33-46, and The West Wing.
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What I do matters because you depend on me. What you do matters because a community of disciples is impossible without you. They way we speak of one another matters because when we speak poorly of other disciples we are showing to the world how we fail each other. We are then telling the world that our differences are bigger than the One who created and the One who was present at creation.
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What does it mean to be blessed or be a blessing? Does it involving praying for a new Benz or are blessings something else?
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The rise of Christian entertainment is not a reaction to the public's desire for wholesome television programming. Rather it is a rise of fear within the leadership of Conservative Evangelical leaders, i.e. old white men
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By using the Gospel of John and documents and practices of the early church Cullmann is able to successfully connect both Johannine texts and the worship practices of the early church to the sacraments and to the practice of Christian worship today. Much can be gleaned by the church today from the practices of early church.
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Stanley Hauerwas suggests that three-part confrontation of sin that Jesus outlined was not merely a recommendation. Hauerwas said Jesus’ style of confronting sin is, “an indication of the kind of community that Jesus has called into existence.” Because we love God, and we love one another, and it is God’s love that binds us together, we must “refuse to risk the loss” of one person to sin. This is why Jesus tells us that our “Father in heaven” rejoices when one of the lost sheep returns.
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