Community Rethinking Christian Community (Part 5): The Fear of Legalism 3 Dec 2019 One of the worst things that you can be accused of in the modern church is legalism. Legalism is, of course, a terrible thing, and yet often the fear of…
Community Rethinking Christian Community (Part 4): The Fear of Commitment 12 Nov 2019 Commitments come with losses. To make a commitment in one direction is to necessarily forgo a commitment in another direction. Increasingly, however, American culture has put a low value on…
Community Rethinking Christian Community (Part 3): The Problem of Consumerism 23 Oct 2019 Our days can sometimes feel as thought they are filled with constant advertisements for some better version of life. We are constantly being solicited with products and experiences that we…
Community Rethinking Christian Community (Part 2): The Problem of Mobility 9 Oct 2019 It's easy to complain about the church. It's not my intent, in this series, to complain. My hope is to highlight some areas of weakness in the modern church that…
Community… Rethinking Christian Community (Part 1) 28 Aug 2019 I was not the first, nor will I be the last, young man to read through the book of Acts have questions. As a high school student I remember meeting…
Community Weaponized Emotions 7 Sep 2016 Emotions are exceedingly powerful. They are powerful in our own minds and bodies and can tempt us to do, say, and believe all sorts of things. Our emotions can also…
Christ… Worth is About Connections 17 Aug 2016 "No man is an island," wrote John Donne. We are all intimately connected to thousands of events, people, places, and things. Americans love to speak of their independence and autonomy…
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