Many are fearful of the power of the Holy Spirit because they think being filled with God’s abiding as Spirit will make them do weird things. If weird means becoming extravagantly compassionate or practicing radical hospitality or taking Jesus’ teaching about peace seriously, then they are correct.
Read MoreInstead of writing off their visionaries as eccentric, many churches would do well to pay them heed.
Read MoreIt is time to demystify our language about what it means to be “called” and how we exercise our giftedness.
Read More‘He Lives’ is an experienced reality, yet cloaked in mystery.
Read MoreBaptists in Myanmar share insights about being a faithful Christian witness in a religiously pluralistic world.
Read MoreCompassion is a test of discipleship that requires not only feeling but action.
Read More“Sharing the good news is not so much a matter of telling people what they have never heard of, as of persuading them that there are things they haven’t heard when they think they have.”
Read MoreLent calls us to venture into the wilderness of our own hearts and discern both the light and the shadows.
Read MoreCeremonial words added at the end of the presidential oath of office, and not required by the Constitution, raise interesting questions about the role of faith in public life in a religiously pluralistic society.
Read MoreIn rejecting the judgmental perspective of fundamentalism, did moderate and progressive Baptists neglect the cultivation of virtue?
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Where was God in Okla. twister? By Mike Smith
Such questions are natural in difficult times, but victims must realize God doesn't punish through such calamities.
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Churches ditching their denominational names must be careful not to throw out their historic Christian identities, too.
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