Deprogramming God

I have been involved with an online discussion of Donald Miller’s Blue Like Jazz.  In the most recent chapter we were discussing, Miller writes,
Too much of our time is spent trying to chart God on a grid, and too little is spent allowing our hearts to feel awe.  By reducing Christian spirituality to formula, we [...]

Using All The Tools

This past Sunday, we had a representative of Trans World Radio visiting with us in worship.  He took a few minutes to share with us about the ministry of Trans World Radio.  Their mission statement is simple:  to reach the world for Christ by mass media so that lasting fruit is produced.  TWR broadcasts Christian [...]

Is It Really “Sincere Concern”?

On March 28, a fax came into our church office addressed to me by name.  The fax was a letter signed “From Concerned Christians”.  The letter began by quoting 2 Samuel 23:3.  It went on to say,
“There is a man, with the ambition to become a ruler, proselytizing among the towns and villages of North Carolina, [...]