Faith • Theological Reflections Radical Unity: Against Protestant Consumerism and the Spirit of Schism Albert Lee | 10 min read If you belong to a local church, I wonder if you’ve felt the way that I have recently. Maybe you feel like those in church leadership agree with you on... Continue Reading
Faith • Theological Reflections Common Grace for the Common Good Hugh Whelchel | 8 min read Scripture, as God’s good word to his creation, is beautiful and challenging in its depiction of humanity and our call to faithfulness in the world. The Bible paints a compelling... Continue Reading
Faith • Liturgical Reflections The Beautiful and the Useful: Hugo, Les Miserables, and Lent Dr. Steven Garber | 4 min read “You are mistaken; the beautiful is as useful as the useful… more so, perhaps.” These words have been running through my heart the last week. Making sense of life for... Continue Reading
Faith • Biblical Reflections Preaching to the Walking Dead Rev. Matt Lietzen | 11 min read As a pastor in a local church, I deeply enjoy our weekly practice of walking through the Bible together section by section, book by book, and seeing how the timeless... Continue Reading
Faith • Biblical Reflections Reading the Bible as One Story Hugh Whelchel | 8 min read Adapted from Hugh Whelchel’s book All Things New: Rediscovering the Four-Chapter Gospel. A powerful scene at the end of J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings was not... Continue Reading
Faith • Biblical Reflections The Star of Bethlehem Hugh Whelchel | 12 min read O star of wonder, star of night, Star of royal beauty bright, Westward leading, still proceeding, Guide us to thy perfect light. There is no brighter symbol of the Christmas... Continue Reading