Celebrating the Legacy of John Calvin, Part 3 Don Sweeting | July 9, 2009 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 Don Sweeting | May 15, 2009 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 Don Sweeting | April 28, 2009 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) Don Sweeting | April 20, 2009 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 Don Sweeting | April 9, 2009 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 Don Sweeting | March 28, 2009 “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? Don Sweeting | March 10, 2009 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…
Missions Factoids That Matter Don Sweeting | February 28, 2009 This weekend Cherry Creek Presbyterian Church is having its annual World Outreach Weekend and banquet. So I am thinking a lot about missions. …
The History of Christmas Don Sweeting | December 18, 2008 Truth is, we don’t know exactly when Jesus was born. Most think the year was between 1 and 4 BC. (A glitch in the…
Why Evangelicals Need Advent Don Sweeting | December 8, 2008 On the phone the other day, a Baptist friend asked me—“what is advent?” It’s a good question. I grew up not knowing anything about…