“At some point in the life of most local churches a critical point is reached when the core fellowship of those committed to gospel vision are outnumbered by a fringe who are there for quite different reasons, be it spiritual comfort, kids activities, personal support, or whatever. Regardless of the particular type of church government, [...]
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August 1, 2009
A God Determined to Have a Family: More Quotes by Will Willimon
“This is a God that is determined to have a family and a people. Now I quibble with His choices of people but Jesus had problems with that from day one, the kind of people that He loved to hang out with.”
“Isn’t it interesting that the poor, the dispossessed, the disenfranchised the Holy Spirit tends [...]
March 3, 2009
Are You Ready to Be the Church in the Brave New World?
This column piece from Max Mutchnick, a co-creator of Will & Grace, posted at the Huffington Post is a real piece of shock opinion. It’s meant to bowl you over and push, prod, and provoke or maybe not, perhaps Max has already stepped so far into the coming Brave New World that he doesn’t even [...]
