The first time I heard the word "woke" used with regard to racial and political issues was in the Eric Mason book, Woke Church. As an encouragement to be mindful of racial and economic tensions within the church and address them, I found the book … [Continue reading]
Humble and Contrite?
This morning I read the last few chapters in Isaiah and these words stood out from them: “But this is the one to whom I will look: he who is humble and contrite in spirit and trembles at my word.” Isaiah 66:2b, ESV When I look at the church … [Continue reading]
Before you hit send . . .
I seldom (almost never) go to Facebook to read my feed. But I recently was notified by email of an exchange that took place on Facebook and was sorry I clicked on the link. In the exchange, I found that two believers that I know crossed a line in … [Continue reading]
What the church should be about
I started reading Saving Leonardo by Nancy Pearcey and ran across this paragraph in the first chapter: "We often hear Christians speak about recovering the vitality of the early church. But which aspect of the early church are they thinking about? … [Continue reading]
