Apprentice 2 Jesus

Church

  • The Glorious Church

    Christ loves his Church. It’s his body. Sometimes we think too little of the Body of Christ. We get critical of the Church, not thinking when we do so that we can run the risk of offending Christ himself. It’s not to say we don’t point out difficulties. It IS to say we pound on… Read more

  • Being a Confessional Pentecostal… or is it a Confessing Pentecostal?

    It shows how much I don’t know… and I readily admit it. But there is something that is becoming evident to me: I want to be more confessional in my Pentecostal roots and beliefs. I want to be more “credal.” Is that a word? I just got a spell-check squiggly… (This isn’t going to be… Read more

  • Is the Church Useful?

    Has the Church outlasted its usefulness? Is it now up to individual faith, or some “community” interpretation? Bloesch tackles it head on. His observation is that postmodern theology questions the infallibility of the gospel itself. Creeds aren’t useful to identify faith definitively. Since there is no “infallible” interpretation, it doesn’t do much good to pay… Read more

  • Shepherd

    I am reading through John 10 this week in preparation for my message on Sunday. Jesus declares himself to be the Good Shepherd. He is not a hired hand that would take off at the first sign of trouble. He does not lose those who are his. My Savior lays his life down for me.… Read more

  • Essence

    Imagine you live in a small town in Asia Minor (modern day Turkey). It’s the First Century and you part of a small group following the teachings of Jesus. What would essential for you as a group? What would be essence of what you believe? Read more

  • Religious

    This column in Christianity Today is thought-provoking. Are you “religious” or “spiritual”? Careful how you answer! The word religion comes from the Latin religare (re: “back,” and ligare: “to bind”), so the term is associated with being bound. In that sense, defining oneself as “spiritual, not religious” couldn’t be more apt, reflecting a desire to… Read more

  • Age Segregated Worship = Racially Segregated Worship?

    I found this blog post refreshing. How about you? In a day where we try to find “relevance” we are losing solid grounding through the generations. I like what Coral Ridge is doing. Read more

  • Progessive Church — Hilarious

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  • Revisiting the Reformation

    Christianity Today is running a series of articles from world evangelical leaders on their views of what is needed in the 21st Century. Rene Padilla’s column focused on a return to first principles, especially as it regards the first Lausanne Conference. Padilla’s opening line: A key problem of evangelical churches worldwide is the unilateral emphasis… Read more

  • The Gospel of Wealth

    David Brooks is the like the Babe Ruth of columnists for me. Every time I see his column is like seeing Babe Ruth come to bat. You just wait to see him hit it out of the park. This column on “The Gospel of Wealth” is powerful. I remember reading a short excerpt from David… Read more