Healing in Dayton
Just south of central Dayton, Ohio, in the heart of one of the city’s historic districts, is a stretch of road familiar to all the locals: A two block section of Fifth Avenue that is home to an eclectic mix…
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Affirming Ignorance, Certainty and Intellectual Death
In Col 3:10, the apostle Paul describes one of the most stunning aspects of the Spirit’s re-creative work in uniting us by faith to the risen Christ. In that verse, we read that the natural man is, by that Spirit,…
Healing in Dayton
Just south of central Dayton, Ohio, in the heart of one of the city’s historic districts, is a stretch of road familiar to all the locals: A two block section of Fifth Avenue that is home to an eclectic mix…
Healing in Dayton
Just south of central Dayton, Ohio, in the heart of one of the city’s historic districts, is a stretch of road familiar to all the locals: A two block section of Fifth Avenue that is home to an eclectic mix…
Leaving the Faith: Reflections of a Prodigal
By now the firestorm of commentary around Josh Harris’ public announcement–that he has not only divorced, but departed from the Christian faith–has died down. People have moved on, but not before delivering a slew of analysis, indictments, pleas, condemnation, and…
How Not to Fall Away
“I have undergone a massive shift in regard to my faith in Jesus. The popular phrase for this is ‘deconstruction,’ the biblical phrase is ‘falling away.’ By all the measurements that I have for defining a Christian, I am not…
To Nurture a Community
One year I made a resolution to get my hands dirty and grow potted plants on my back porch. It was my first foray into all things botanical. I went to the garden section of my local Home Depot and…
Loving the Church, For Better or Worse
Something is terribly wrong when professing Christians do not identify with the church and love being a part of her. Something is wrong when professing Christians fail to be passionate about every aspect of the church and long to invest…
A Prayer for the Commissioning or Promotion of an Officer
Over the years it has been my practice, learned from others, to offer up praises and petitions framed by a passage of Scripture. Some of these passages were read in preparation for preaching, others offered material for meditation in daily…
Pastor, Keep Preaching the Gospel to Yourself!
Do you want to be a gospel-centered pastor? Just keep preaching the gospel. Doing so is much more than merely pinning John 3:16 to the tail of every sermon or conversation. The first person we must preach the gospel to…