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This is More than a Garage Sale, these Cups Tell a Storybtw, Pats by 4 on Sunday. I enjoy visiting friends homes and looking for the most obscure coffee cup when they offer. It is fun to try to complete the narrative of their lives from their coffee cups. For better or for worse, cups preach. Maybe the guy is generous... Read More »
Teaching and Positional Authority among the ChurchMy last few posts about teaching – and especially teaching when the church gathers – flies in the face of common church tradition and practice. In the normal view, teaching is tied to authority which is tied to... Read More »
Learning To DisagreeIf you know me at all, you know I have a passion for helping the Body of Christ learn to disagree in a respectful and honorable way. The downright slanderous criticism and cheap shots that permeates the church these days turns my stomach. That’s why... Read More »
The place of teaching when the church gathersWhen you talk with someone about church today, it’s hard to keep the conversation from shifting to the church gathering (i.e., “worship service”). This is true even among people who admit that the church... Read More »
What is Legalism and why is it so bad?I have been thinking a lot about this lately in Colossians. And the context in Colossians states that we as believers are already ‘complete in Christ’ we lack nothing (Col. 2.10). God has given us everything we need in Christ Jesus. In this admittedly... Read More »
God and ArtWhat hath Heaven to do with a Sketchbook? Let’s talk about it today on Deeper Waters. As readers of this blog probably know, my wife is an artist. I, on the other hand, could not draw a good stick man if my life depended on it. I have at times got out... Read More »
Faith is laying hold of Jesus Personally“Faith is laying hold of Jesus personally. There is no merit in it. It is not another ‘work.’ Its value is not in itself, but entirely in its object, Jesus Christ. As Luther put it, ‘faith…apprehendeth nothing else but that precious jewel Christ... Read More »
Studying the Books of 1-2 Samuel Together with the ChurchNow that we’ve finished our “teaching workshop,” we’re about to begin studying 1-2 Samuel together as a church on Sunday mornings. These two books were originally one book and were part of the section... Read More »
What is teaching from the perspective of ScriptureIf you’ve been following my blog over the last several weeks, then you know that we went through a “teaching workshop” as a church. It took us four weeks to discuss various topics related to teaching (as found... Read More »
Six Reasons The Next Generation is Leaving The ChurchSo we’ve all seen the stats. It seems like the church is rapidly loosing influence with the next generation. Barna President David Kinnaman examines the 6 reasons in a new article in Christianity Today. The six reasons he lists are… 1. Isolationism.... Read More »
