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March 2019

March 17, 2019

Second Sunday of Lent

O God, whose glory it is always to have mercy: Be gracious to all who...

March 16, 2019

Weekly Meanderings, 16 March 2019

Thought I'd start this Meanderings with some good ol' southern living: And you thought your...

March 10, 2019

First Sunday of Lent

Almighty God, whose blessed Son was led by the Spirit to be tempted by Satan:...

March 05, 2019

Jesus’ Kingdom

The one expression in the New Testament Christians should be able to define, but which...

November 2018

November 26, 2018

Why Proverbs?

The Book of Proverbs has had its ups and downs in church history, and one...

November 19, 2018

Why We Need Sages (The Wise)

In the last few years the significance and importance of sages in Israel and earliest...

November 16, 2018

The End Of A Very Interesting Letter

In our series on the patristic writings, we return to 2 Clement, today's post covering chapters...

November 11, 2018

O God, Whose Blessed Son

O God, whose blessed Son came into the world that he might destroy the works of...

April 2018

April 17, 2018

Rethinking Evangelism Through The Reformation

What would happen to evangelism if we thought about it by considering evangelism in the...

March 2017

March 24, 2017

Is Mission an Enigma?

Never has the church been more obsessed with the meaning of "mission" and, at the...

March 14, 2017

It’s American for our Politicians to Reference the Bible

Over the years I have been as pleased as annoyed when politicians -- from Kennedy...

March 12, 2017

Prayer for the Week

O God, whose glory it is always to have mercy: Be gracious to all who...

March 11, 2017

Weekly Meanderings, 11 March 2017

Every week, for more than a decade, I've clipped bits and bobs from blogs, social...

March 06, 2017

Faith as Allegiance

We believe in salvation by faith alone. But what does "faith" mean? Matthew Bates throws...

March 01, 2017

Kingdom: IH Marshall and S McKnight

A kind reader has recently read my Kingdom Conspiracy, observed that he had seen a view...

February 2017

February 06, 2017

Why Be Anglican: The Collects

The collects of the church reveal the church's practices and beliefs about prayer; a collect...

February 03, 2017

Tiny Gospel: A Sampler

By John Frye In my past spiritual formation and in my current neck of the...

February 02, 2017

The “Historical” Adam

From Dennis Venema, Scot McKnight, Adam and the Genome Before I get to clips from the...

February 01, 2017

The Scandal of the Evangelical Soul

Both conservative evangelicals and progressive evangelicals lost their soul in the last two years. For...

January 2017

January 15, 2017

Praying with the Church Calendar

Almighty God, whose Son our Savior Jesus Christ is the light of the world: Grant...

April 2016

April 06, 2016

The Bible and America

The United States of America chose intelligently and rigorously not to have a national religion

September 2015

September 18, 2015

Building Blocks of a Christian Worldview

One of the least known and most insightful theologians and Christian leaders I have met...

August 2015

August 25, 2015

Re-Engaging the De-Churched: Four Strategies

In their book Church Refugees, Josh Packard and Ashleigh Hope sketch four reasons why some active...

August 04, 2015

How Diverse is Your Church? Amazing Graph

Pew Research Center What surprises? the Roman Catholics are doing very, very well. The typical...

August 03, 2015

The Problem(s) with the “Institutional” Church

No matter how many define it or (don't define it) and no matter how many...

July 2015

July 31, 2015

Community without Judgment(alism)

Church refugees -- those active former church folks -- are sometimes called the Dones. They...

July 06, 2015

Ecclesiaphobia

In a few of his many writings Roger Scruton wags his finger at the deconstructionists,...

June 2015

June 22, 2015

Jeff Cook Asks Josh Packard 10 Questions

Dr. Josh Packard and Ashleigh Hope unveil in their book Church Refugees what many have suspected for...

June 16, 2015

Been Played?

John Blake: If a pastor or church leader has ever told you that the Bible...

June 08, 2015

A New Exodus Out of the American Church (by Jeff Cook)

Few books have disturbed me as much as Josh Packard’s Church Refugees: Sociologists Reveal Why People...