I received a telephone call this morning while working in the church office at Sunnyside Mennonite Church. The caller indicated that he was concerned about the possible outcome of the upcoming presidential election. He stated that he was calling local pastors to encourage them to listen to what James Dobson has to say tonight on [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘witness’
March 8, 2008
The Myth of a Christian Nation…
The Myth of a Christian Nation: How the quest for political power is destroying the church arrived this week. (Only have read the introduction so far. Let me lay out why this book is an important read for Christians (HT Karissa). Here is the thesis of the book:
I believe a significant segment of American evangelicalism [...]
February 25, 2008
A story of radical inclusion (John 4)…
A story on the front page of our local paper caught my attention last Saturday. The headline annouced that Alabama judge Roy Moore (of 10 commandments in the courtroom renown) is joining the fight in a Pennsylvania case over hate crimes law. Two local evangelists for Repent America were charged under the hate crimes law for [...]
February 21, 2008
Creating a missional order…
In a number of settings recently at SMC, I have been asked about vision for church as a missional community (I am particularly thinking of Melissa’s questions). I feel like I have not yet done justice to answering these questions. It involves a radical re-imagining of church. It doesn’t mean we change the center from historic [...]
February 20, 2008
The Scandal of Evangelical Politics…
Ron Sider has a new book (see excerpt here) that looks like an important read. I also found this endorsement by Scot McKnight for the upcoming conference at Eastern University.
After observing the divisiveness of the 2004 election season, even within Mennonite congregations, John Roth proposed that Mennonites take a 5-year sabbatical from political engagement. I was a delegate [...]
February 5, 2008
The Sacrament of Unity…
The Eucharist is the sacrament of unity. It makes us into one body. The apostle Paul writes, “As there is one loaf, so we, although there are many of us, are one single body, for we all share in the one loaf” (1 Corinthians 10:17).
The presence of Jesus among us and in the gifts of [...]
February 4, 2008
Gospel word pictures…
Kingdom Grace posted a number of wonderful pictures which are representative of key words in the emergent church conversation as well as many other parts of the Church. They are words inherent to Gospel living.
I re-post them here with a HT to Kingdom Grace. I also found the comments exchanged in response to her pictures [...]
October 22, 2007
Entrepreneurial church…
Willow Creek Community Church (Bill Hybels), recently conducted an internal qualitative study to evaluate the effectiveness of their ministry over the years. Check out this link–Willow Creek repents. It seems that after 30 years of working at church from an entrepreneurial paradigm–business model approach that views the parrishoner (seeker) as the customer and the church [...]
September 6, 2007
March Against Violence…
MARCH AGAINST VIOLENCE: Saturday, Sept. 8, starting at noon at St. Paul’s Church of God in Christ, 215 S. Queen St. and ending with a rally at Binn’s Park. The rally will include speakers and entertainment. This march is being organized by the mother of Tyquan Hall, who was shot while trying to settle a [...]
