The disease of our age: to think that we are morally superior to every other generation that's ever lived. "I would never have allowed _________ if I had lived then." To paraphrase Chesterton, we are open-minded to everything and everyone except those who happen to be dead. But is there anything in our culture, or worse yet, among Christians, that we might be ashamed to ow...

A Premillennial Primer (orWhat we are NOT voting about in the special congregational meeting after church this Sunday) This Sunday after church we will be holding a special congregational meeting to discuss and vote on one issue: "Should our church vote 'yes' on the proposed amendment to our denomination's Statement of Faith at the upcoming national conference?" You alr...

A statistic, and an observation. First, the statistic. Most Christians, in 2060, will live in a) United States, and b) Africa.⁠1 If it proves to be true, the reality in Corinth in the first century will exist across the globe: "the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men. 26For consider your calling, brothers: not many of you...

In our church, we employ two different types of groups. One of them is likely meeting in your area on Sunday: Community Groups. These groups are meant to possess the ethos of a "love feast". It's the same ethos that everyone wants in a family: to be welcomed, to be known, to be safe, to be connected, to be part of something bigger than ourselves. On Sunday, that "bigger t...