This blog will be the last in what became a weekly series of 128 blogs. I have run out of productive things to say. My emphasis from the beginning was to understand the decline of traditional mainline congregations with our distinguished histories. The underlying question is how to turn this trend around. Answers are to …
Rob Bell is a very effective teaching pastor who was at the cutting edge of Evangelical theology. He founded and led Mars Hill Bible Church in Grandville, Michigan. In 2011 he published Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell And The Fate Of Every Person Who Ever Lived. The broader Evangelical community in general and …
Are There Limits To How Inclusive God’s Love Is For All People? Read More »
In his Purpose-Driven Church Rick Warren offers the analogy of church life as running the bases on a baseball diamond. Getting to first base is Knowing God and becoming part of a Christian fellowship. Second is learning about and Growing in Christ. Third is Serving God through ministry to others. Getting to the fourth base …
Is Your Church Scoring Home Runs of Sharing Christ With Others? Read More »
The local Moody radio station at one point dropped broadcasts of the Lutheran Hour, a long-time radio ministry. It was a first-class communication problem. Lutheran preachers of recent generations tend to emphasize Baptism as key to salvation. Many Evangelicals reject the notion that sprinkling water on a baby could have anything to do with the …