On Thursday, my family and I drove up to Columbus, Ohio, to meet up with a friend of mine from my Carnegie Mellon University days back in the early ’80s. That’s a long time to know someone, but old friends are often the best friends of all. The last time Bob and I got together [...]
Posted in Benevolence • Church Issues • Community • Discernment • Godly Character • Grace • Hospitality • Love • Relevance • Simplicity
Tagged Benevolence, Community, Friends, Friendship, Gift, Gifts, God's Love, Love, Sharing, Thankfulness
Last week, I asked the question of centeredness. You can’t be a Christian for any length of time and not hear someone talking about themselves or their church as being Christ-centered, Bible-centered, outreach-centered, Gospel-centered, and on and on. After a while, it gets confusing to people. I think this clash of centers also explains much [...]
Posted in Apologetics • Christianity in North America • Church Issues • Community • Eschatology • Leadership • Relevance • Uncategorized
Tagged Gospel, King, Kingdom, Kingdom Center, Kingdom-centered
In the last few days, I’ve been thinking about this whole idea of centeredness in the Christian life. When churches and individual Christians talk about what they believe, inevitably a phrase ending in -centered crops up. So readers, I ask you to fill in the following with your answers to the centeredness question. I’m not [...]
Posted in Announcements • Apologetics • Christianity in North America • Church Issues
Tagged Center, Centeredness, Emphasis, Focus, Gospel, Questions, Reader Input, Reader Input Requested
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