Lessons From the Mountain
Jul15

Lessons From the Mountain

Life on the journey with God often feels like a switchback trail up a mountain.
We may wonder if we’re progressing forward or upward at all. Have the past 2, 5, or 10 years been a waste?

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Striking Parallels: Why Jesus Died
Apr16

Striking Parallels: Why Jesus Died

We live in a world darkened… stained by sin. Sin = anything we, as humans, think, say, or do that is contrary – opposite to God’s way of love and truth. We face the effects and consequences of sin – death and evil and destruction are everywhere. Depravity is, perhaps, the most empirically verifiable fact in the world.
So, is there any hope? Is there mercy for broken, messed up humanity?

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Jesus.
Apr15

Jesus.

Imagine the sights, sounds, and feelings for a moment.
But Peter – being the ever talkative one – starts jabbering about how to apply the experience. “Here’s what I think we should do…” he starts in. But the next line grabs our attention:

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We, the Church
Apr08

We, the Church

Common nomenclature compels us to talk about going to church, being at church, and liking or disliking a church or church service. But Christ’s plan for the church is something quite different. 

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Engaging Unbelief: A Captivating Strategy from Augustine and Aquinas: BOOK REVIEW
Mar11

Engaging Unbelief: A Captivating Strategy from Augustine and Aquinas: BOOK REVIEW

Curtis Chang, seasoned campus minister with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship at Tufts, M.I.T., and Harvard, believes we face an “epochal challenge,” namely, common strategies for communicating the gospel of Christ are not effective in the postmodern era (p. 10, 38). A sea change has occurred. He writes, “…postmodernism threatens the church’s existing paradigms and harmony with the broader society. . . .

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