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Can Western Civilization Be Saved?
“In the Benedict Option, we are not trying to repeal seven hundred years of history, as if that were possible. Nor are we trying to save the West. We are only trying to build a Christian way of life that stands as an island of sanctity and stability amid the high tide of liquid modernity. We are not looking to…
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Living together as family in the church
“Children are ordinarily so full of their own needs and wants that they look at a brother of sister not as an ally but as a competitor. If there is only one pork chop on the plate and three of us who want it, I will look at my brother and sister not as delightful dinner companions but as difficult…
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The necessity of the Church
“There are Christians, of course, who never put their names down on a membership list; there are Christians who refuse to respond to the call to worship each Sunday; there are Christians who say, ‘I love God but I hate the church.’ (Or, in our day, ‘I’m spiritual, not religious.’) But they are members all the same, whether they like…
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The bravest church I know
There are churches, thousands of them all over the world, full of incredibly brave people. They aren’t always celebrated. Sometimes they are “large” in number, but don’t have very good tech people who give them a web presence and “platform.” That would be because they exist in countries outside the U.S., where it’s not as big a deal to think…
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Can we recapture “evangelical”
A term that will take a beating.
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Pastoral “burnout”
We reward the doing and we haven’t bless the being.
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A Eulogy for the Religious Right
Russell Moore is a Southern Baptist. I listen to this guy and think, “HOW?” He is so balanced on issues… but then people think of me as a label and probably think, “HOW?” as well. THIS IS WORTH THE TIME TO LISTEN. His speech starts around 15:30. It’s worth the time to hear his analysis on the religious right.
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The New Reformation
Let us be finally freed from our hunger for political power.
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Early warning system
It’s not a time for panic. It’s a time for prayer. Not a prayer about who will “win” the election, but deep prayer that will call the Church back to listening to the Spirit NO MATTER WHAT.
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Coaching and mentoring
Our church leadership is praying through next steps of how we can help other churches pray and discern what the Spirit may be leading them to do in revitalization.
Category: Church
