Thoughts, Prayers, and Comments
As we head to Nigeria in a matter of hours, I’m reminded of what I heard Dr. Timothy Tennent say recently. On the occasion of his inauguration as President of Asbury Theological Seminary, Dr. Tennent, and outstanding missiologist, observed that ground zero for the church has shifted in recent decades. He put it in this …
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Earlier this month the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) issued a policy statement on immigration reform. It is an excellent statement. I urge all to read it–I mean, actually to visit the website (see https://www.nae.net/resolutions/347-immigration-2009), click where you should and read it. I say this so emphatically because I know for a fact that many …
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Early this week, the Rev. Leith Anderson, President of the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE), commented on a recent position paper adopted by the NAE dealing with the issues surrounding immigration policy in the US and the presence of perhaps millions of undocumented persons in our nation. Anderson’s references to the policy statement (see https://www.nae.net/resolutions/347-immigration-2009) …
For many years now I have been passionate about understanding, advocating, and facilitating what I call "authentic church-being." Quite simply, what if Jesus' idea really took hold and we were church, and we accessed the grace necessary to make us the people of His envisioning? What if as church we were all about them–the others …
Here are 10 things we can do as pastors to encourage the kind of community God wants to create among us. 1. Teach and preach the whole, full gospel. Vertical (with God) reconciliation and fellowship—yes!—but also horizontal (with others). They are two sides of the same coin. We are recapturing the genius of our …