What Part of the Body are You? Francis Chan’s amusing take on difficult Christians. What People Do and Do Not Believe In A new Harris Poll finds that the great majority (82%) of American adults believe in God, exactly the same number as in two earlier Harris Polls in 2005 and 2007. Large majorities also [...]
Received this Christmas “wish” today from the good folks at Group Publishing. Enjoy: We wanted to send out some sort of holiday greeting, but it is so difficult in today’s world to know exactly what to say without offending someone. So we met with our attorney, and on his advice we want to say to all of you: [...]
I was with Andy Piercy last week and he told this great story about praise songs and hymns. It was – to me, anyway – weepingly amusing: An old farmer went to the city one weekend and attended the big city church. He came home and his wife asked him how it was. “Well,” said [...]
From the morning’s Post & Courier: The congregation has recommended that the parish “affiliate with the Anglican Church in North America and separate from The Episcopal Church,” according to a posting online by its rector, the Rev. Steve Wood. The Anglican Church in North America upholds an “orthodox” theology and is seeking recognition as a [...]
Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silent Just because I like it. Ungodly Evangelicals What does it mean to be an “evangelical” and why would anyone want to be one? A Statement on Prosperity Teaching This from the Lausanne Theology Working Group at its consultations this past fall. It is offered as a discussion starter for [...]
To our Sisters and Brothers in Christ at St. Andrew’s: On behalf of the staff and former Sr. Warden’s we wish to thank you for your faithful commitment to engage the discernment process this fall. While the question before our congregation was a serious and sobering one, the depth and richness of the materials and [...]
Yesterday we completed a several month look at the Heidelberg Catechism. Today, the last posting of a devotional until they resume in the New Year, is a video excerpt from Simon Guillebaud’s new video series, “More Than Conquerors.” In his Simonesque way he challenges us – not simply for the sake of challenge and provocation [...]
