Churches can be IN the city, AGAINST the city, OF the city, or FOR the city. It is the latter approach that Darrin Patrick and Matt Carter encourage churches to adopt. Actually the word “city” could be replaced with culture. … Continue Reading
The statistics are startling. Consider this from Steve Henderson in a Christianity Today article: “More than 52 percent of incoming freshmen who identify themselves as born-again upon entering a public university will either no longer identify themselves as born-again four… Continue Reading
Amazing grace how sweet the sound… You can hear the tune in your head can’t you? Amazing Grace is perhaps the iconic hymn of America. It was composed by John Newton to go along with a sermon that he preached… Continue Reading
“My Bible is in English”, said my infuriated listener. The week prior I had preached one of my first sermons; it was on the birth of Jesus, and in this sermon I had mentioned that our typical manger scene is… Continue Reading