“What do you want to be when you grow up?” Every kid in America heard that question umpteen times growing up. The answers are as varied as the kids themselves. My thirteen-year-old daughter’s dream vocation seems to change as often as she changes her clothes.
Tag: Ministry
The Questions of Engagement
Making sense of the latest Pew Research Center data about religion in America, released November 3, 2015, will be challenge enough for most of us church people. Implementing effective mission strategies to reverse the trends identified in the study is another matter altogether.
The Great Commission for Us
There are certain Bible verses most evangelical Christians know. There’s John 3:16. Who doesn’t know about how God so loved the world? The mere mention of John 3:16 brings “amens,” fells giants, and ends all theological debate. Genesis 1:1 has that power too. In the beginning God created and we’ve been quoting it ever since.… Continue reading The Great Commission for Us
The-ol-o-gy
Webster’s dictionary defines “theology” as “the study of the religious faith, practice, and experience.” Technically speaking theology is God (theo) talk (logy). We are doing theology when we talk about God. But it’s so much more than that. The Bible says that Christians are to love “the Lord your God with all your heart, with… Continue reading The-ol-o-gy
Friday’s Footnotes Aug 14, 2015
Footnote 1: The Center for Medical Progress released their 6th video on Planned Parenthood’s trade in human body parts. This video featured a compelling testimony of a worker at a Planned Parenthood partner, StemExpress, describing the impact of the bottom line on how PP executed its process. Mothers consent was not rightly acquired and some… Continue reading Friday’s Footnotes Aug 14, 2015