This post is a transcription of a First Sunday (communion service) message I shared at Grace Baptist Church on August 8, 2010. This morning, we look at the Bible. I know that sounds pretty fundamental, but we have to ask the question, “Why 2,000 years after Jesus do we place the Bible in such high… Read More »
This morning, the elders announced the second candidate name for our merged congregation. The previous candidate, Sojourner Fellowship was deemed too lengthy and a bit obscure. The candidate name is: The Church on Bedford Road The elders felt that this is the way most people know us. It is a familiar way to refer to… Read More »
God the Spirit We believe that the Spirit proceeds from the Father and He is sent by Jesus to draw us to him and to guide us actively in our lives. This Spirit is a person of the divine nature. He is credited with the creation of the world, the giver of both physical and… Read More »
Jesus Christ, God the Son We believe Jesus Christ is the eternal Son of God who created and sustains all things. [http://ref.ly/Co1.16-17] He became fully man, born of a virgin and lived a holy and sinless life. [http://ref.ly/Ro8.3] He died for our sins, was raised from the dead and ascended to heaven. He is the Head… Read More »
This series of posts will explore the revisions to the Statement of Faith that will appear in the ruling documents of our merged congregation. These new statements reflect a commitment to the doctrine held historically by the church, but they have been written to be relevant and concise. The chart below demonstrates the way we… Read More »
Read previous posts in this series: Introduction The Narrative Question The Authority Question The God Question The Jesus Question The Gospel Question The Church Question The Sex Question The Future Question I have rarely read a book where I went back and forth chapter by chapter, but McLaren has made me do just that. I… Read More »
Read previous posts in this series: Introduction The Narrative Question The Authority Question The God Question The Jesus Question The Gospel Question The Church Question The Sex Question I have to be honest. I did not really know what to do with this chapter of A New Kind of Christianity. I agree with McLaren’s sentiment… Read More »
Some of you may remember my review of Primal by Mark Batterson a few months ago. I was not particularly impressed. It felt contrived and ambiguous while attempting to be motivational and revolutionary. I expected Radical by David Platt to be in the same vein – attempting to be revolutionary. I was genuinely surprised by how… Read More »
Read previous posts in this series: Introduction The Narrative Question The Authority Question The God Question The Jesus Question The Gospel Question Up to this point in A New Kind of Christianity, McLaren has tackled what we might consider abstract questions. He has questioned the underlying belief structure of what he considers to be a… Read More »
What is the gospel? This is a question that McLaren has been asking for as long as I have been reading his works. I will agree with McLaren that the gospel is not the bullet-pointed, systematic plan to get out of Hell that most evangelicals reduce it to. To McLaren, we need to figure out… Read More »
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