I remember many years ago sitting before a committee of Presbyterian ministers and Doctors of theology. I was answering questions they were shooting at me. All this in preparation for ordination into the ministry. One of the questions was why was the church important. I answered: worship (corporate worship is necessary and only possible in the church) the Word (the preaching of the word, especially in the Reformed Tradition, is central) fellowship (this is where the people of God gather... Read more
Here is another tee-shirt idea. I call it “Walk on Water”, an encouragement to believe in miracle. I personally don’t believe in an intervening God… a God that shows up when we need him and disappears when we don’t. I believe in miracle in the sense that everything is miracle, that God is so interwoven in our world and life that it is all miraculous. The very special times when we conclude God has intervened are actually moments when our... Read more
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