Cheap Worship: Moving Beyond the “But I Don’t Get Anything Out of It” Syndrome
“No, I insist on paying you for it. I will not sacrifice to the Lord my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing.” 2…
Reformation
Celebrating the Legacy of John Calvin, Part 1
PASTOR, PREACHER, REFORMER, CHURCH PLANTER (Part 1 of 3) July 10 is the 500th anniversary of the birth of John Calvin. Lots of people…
Celebrating the Legacy of John Calvin, Part 2
INFLUENCER OF CULTURE, GOVERNMENT, ECONOMICS, EDUCATION (Part 2 of 3) Like every other spiritual leader in church history, Calvin was a flawed saint. He…
Celebrating the Legacy of John Calvin, Part 3
THEOLOGIAN, AUTHOR OF THE INSTITUTES (Part 3 of 3) If Martin Luther was the father of the Protestant Reformation, John Calvin was its most…
Spiritual Sanity in an Infoglut Culture
I am glad I learned English as my first language. It is the global language of the modern world. But I am told it…
Calvin Makes a Comeback Among Young Pastors
There have been a lot of doom-sayers writing recently about the evangelical movement. The Christian Science Monitor wrote of “the coming evangelical collapse” (March…
Reflections of a Littleton Pastor’s Experience of Columbine (Ten years later)
I live ten minutes away from Columbine High School. Ten years ago today, we had just moved to this beautiful mountain state from Illinois…
Is Christianity Dead in America? Responding to NEWSWEEK
This week the April 13 cover story of NEWSWEEK is entitled “The End of Christian America.” The story reminds me of Mark Twain’s famous…
Jesus and March Madness
“What does Jerusalem have to do with Athens?” That’s a question asked centuries ago by the church father Tertullian when he wondered what the…
Is our church schizophrenic when we speak about militant Islam?
On some Sundays in our services we honor those who have served our country—like Memorial Day Sunday and Fourth of July and Veteran’s Day…