“…the restoration of the church will surely come only from a new type of monasticism which has nothing in common with the old but a complete lack of compromise in a life lived in accordance with the Sermon on the Mount in the discipleship of Christ. I think it is time to gather people together...
Category Archives: Theology
If one truly adheres to a monotheistic belief- that is the belief in one God- then every aspect of one’s life must fall under that God. It’s not just that God is one entity. That is the implication, but not the full message. At the center and circumference of every significant Jesus movement there exists...
[This post is a rewrite of one previously published in 2005.] About four years ago I went on a youth mission trip to AtlantaFest. On the first afternoon, we went out to a few neighborhoods to throw an impromptu backyard bible club event. My group visited a Hispanic neighborhood. Most of the kids understood English,...
In November 2008 I drove out to New Mexico. I wanted to find old missions and churches while I was there, and one was El Santuario de Chimayó. I think there’s a great beauty in the architecture of old missions, and it often reflects the marriage of culture and an attempt to create a something...
I’ve been thinking about the old phrase “you can’t go home” a lot lately, especially in light of church planting. Many of my friends planting churches are, in fact, doing so in their hometowns. A good number of pastors or ministers I know are on staff at churches in their hometowns. Because of the phrase,...