A Corporate Burden

Mieczyslaw Malinski writes: "It's easiest to see the cross on Jesus's shoulders. It's a bit harder with our neighbor's cross. Most ...

Growing the Wrong Direction?

[American Christianity] is more Petrine than Johannean; more like busy Martha than like the pensive Mary, sitting at the feet of Jesus. It expands more ...

Murphy's Church Laws

Murphy in the Pew

Next to the Law of Gravity, one of the most inescapable universal truths is undoubtedly Murphy's Law: "If anything can go wrong, ...

When Good Business Is Bad Business

The church appears to be adopting the principles and practices of big business and finding these practices very effective.

Now there is nothing wrong with ...

World Movers

We do not want, as the newspapers say, a church that will move with the world. We want a church that will move the world.

The Source of Evil in the Church

The lack of scriptural knowledge is the source of all evils in the church.

Youth Pastor's Vows

At the youth pastor's wedding: "... in sickness and in health, in youth whitewater rafting trips and in mosquito-infested backpacking, in weeknight ...

Cheering for Church

Like a victorious locker room, church is a place to exult, to give thanks, to celebrate the great news that all is forgiven, that God is love, that victory ...

Mercy on the Church

Nothing could more surely convince me of God's unending mercy than the continued existence on earth of the church.

Christianity Isn't Finished

Many think the Christian religion has run its course, and that the gloom of Good Friday is now settling over the long history of the church. But they ...