My Dear Friend, Recently you wrote several leaders in the FMC one of the most moving letters I have ever received. It chronicled the pain with which you live as a person struggling with same sex attraction/ identity, committed to Christ within the fellowship of our church. I am writing in response, in hopes that …
Category Archives: The Good News
When Exiles Sing Zion’s Song
The ancient people of God experienced Exile as world-crushing and hope-ending. All God’s promises seemed dashed by their own persistent rebellion and disobedience. They had been warned and now they tasted the bitter fruit of their own undoing. We understand why they wouldn’t be in the mood to sing the songs made famous in their …
This is our Story, our Song
I’ve been thinking about that classic gospel song, Fannie Crosby, Blessed Assurance, especially its chorus, which I would adjust slightly, as follows: this is our story, this is our song, praising our savior all the day long! I’d would suggest that in ways far beyond what Crosby could have foreseen, this chorus is so apt, …
A RESURRECTION—SO WHAT?
The Jesus story declares that the human story does not end with a death! To be sure, death looms largely within the story. Along the way we read of people dying, and as the story moves forward Jesus begins to make ominous predictions of his own death. The simple, sad, and undeniable fact of life …
JESUS CAME TO LIVE, BUT …
Some would say that Jesus “came to die.” Yes, it is quite common to assert that he was born actually to die. Most of us who say this know what we mean, at least in general. But I suspect others might be confused. Maybe even some of us are confused about this. The story of …