June 28, 2009
Every once in a while I feel compelled to address a question that, to my knowledge, nobody is asking. For Instance, it would be quite easy for one to look at our weekly schedule as a church, compare it to the goings on at a more program-oriented church, and ask, “why don’t we have more [...]
June 21, 2009
Listen as Chris speaks about living with positive, Godly, purposeful and Gospel driven tension in our current affairs of life.
June 21, 2009
How do we think about slavery when we read about it in Paul’s letters? Was it the same as American slavery in the 18th and 19th centuries? If Paul had been an American in the 1850s, would he have argued for or against abolition? What views lay behind Paul’s words we studied on Sunday: “Were [...]
June 14, 2009
Listen as Chris speaks about what it means to live as we are called… his talk is wrapped up in four questions:
1) What do you do?
2) Who do you know?
3) Where do you live?
4) What do you own?
June 14, 2009
What do the Lord’s prayer and the execution of Shimei the son of Gera have in common?
This connection came into focus for me earlier this week when my morning prayer and evening reading converged in an unexpected way. In the morning I was meditating on the prayer Jesus taught his disciples, especially the phrases regarding [...]
June 8, 2009
Last week I wrote about a startling conversation I had with children from the neighborhood regarding domestic violence. What broke my heart the most was knowing that the twisted perspective they have embraced from pop culture, peers, and family only makes them more vulnerable to enter into and remain in abusive relationships in the future. [...]
June 7, 2009
Listen as Chris clarify’s what Paul’s trying to get at in describing the inner workings of the Gospel and a persons current marital status.
June 1, 2009
Joshua 1:7-9
“Only be strong and very courageous, being careful to do according to all the law that Moses my servant commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success wherever you go. This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but [...]
