I had never heard of this phenomenon until 1975. I was now in my first pastorate, Adat Ha Tikvah in Chicago, which changed its name from the First Hebrew Christian Church. After a bad experience at a charismatic congregation in my last year at Wheaton, I wanted...
There is a quiet transition that happens as the month of Elul approaches. Days are still warm, routines continue, and nothing on the surface seems dramatically different. Beneath the ordinary pace of life, a gentle awareness that time is steadily moving, that...
I took the title of this post from Oz Guinness’s book, a great book. We are fighting a battle in the Western Civilization over traditional marriage and family morals. The new orthodoxy is based on the idea of gender fluidity and that all genders and lifestyles are to...
Romans 12:21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. It all goes back to “the force and the field.” Is the force of this world going to play their unrighteous “game” on our field, or is the body of Messiah going to be a force...
One of the great gifts of the Gospel revealed in the Scriptures is that God answers one of humanity’s deepest questions: Who am I? The world constantly invites us to define ourselves by achievement, failure, status, possessions, or the opinions of others, but...
You know what? You’re right … Proclaiming the Gospel isn’t for everyone.It’s not for people who are afraid of hearing the word no.It’s not for people who doubt whether the Gospel is actually good news.It’s not for people who assume,...
