3rd Anniversary of the Haiti Earthquake…Remembering with Hope
BY: KENT ANNAN -- Three years after the Haiti earthquake, our hearts break still, For those whose wounds of loss won’t heal...
The Evangelical Reaction to Louie Giglio's 'Change of Plans'
BY: MICHAEL KIMPAN -- Yesterday the internet exploded with Louie Giglio's 'change of plans' as he respectfully...
How it All Happened: My Prayer at the DNC
It’s been a whirlwind.
I came home from work last Wednesday night, August 29th, flipped through the major network channels and was quickly disturbed by the bickering and bantering of the political campaigns, ...
Gracious Nonconformity
Source: The Naked Pastor
As followers of Jesus we are to be different from others. We are to be, as a biblically derived phrase puts it, “in the world but not of the world” (John 15:19; 17:14). Ou...
Oppressors, Activists, and Spiritual Stinginess: St. Paul’s Guide to Praying Better Prayers
“And I am praying that you will put into action the generosity that comes from your faith as you understand and experience all the good things we have in Christ.” -Philemon 1:6
I was reading Philemon this we...
Drive-Thru Prayers to Drive-In Church: Is Religion Lost?
Author and theologian Diana Butler Bass shared a video recently about where she saw for the future of the church. She shared an interesting story about a priest who went out onto a busy street corner on Ask W...
The politics of having faith and serving in government
It breaks my heart today to see how often politics shapes our faith, rather than faith shaping our politics. Over the years the church in America has become so biblically illiterate that we are often being m...
Worship and the Poor: Moving Beyond Belief
We’ve all seen “the sign” at sporting events. For some reason, of all the Bible verses in Scripture, John 3:16 is the most commonly quoted. Throughout the NFL world this past season we experienced “Tebow ma...
The People's Prayer Breakfast: An Alternative to the National Prayer Breakfast
How does a Christian live in a power-mad world? A world that, from the perspective of the Beatitudes, is upside down. A world where the poor are getting poorer, and the rich are getting richer? Where natur...
The Cup of Sorrow
Last Sunday, I was watching our pastor’s wife teach the children about one the most emotional parts of the gospel. She was teaching them what the crucifixion meant. As she explained Jesus praying the Garden of...