A Partisan Church: The Effect of Politics on the Gospel of Grace

September 8, 2020.Reading time 14 minutes.

We can no longer escape the obvious fact that the world has changed. And that it has not been for the better.

A Pastoral Letter to the Church | “Enough is Enough”

May 30, 2020.Reading time 12 minutes.

To those who have laid claim to the name above every name. We must repent. We must turn away from violence. We must turn away from the hardness of heart that would consume us. We must plead with the Father to replace our heart of stone with one of flesh. We must embrace the prospect that we are like sheep being led to the slaughter. Not as a political cause, but as a righteous act in the name of the one true God.

Do We Look More American than Christian? Part 7

April 8, 2020.Reading time 6 minutes.

Part 7: Spiritual formation is not attractional. The entire model of the contemporary American church is centered upon attraction and motivational appeals. I grew up in this church culture so I know it well. The contemporary churches of today are merely adult versions of the youth groups of yesterday. My “youth group” experience simply followed […]

Do We Look More American than Christian? Part 6

April 1, 2020.Reading time 6 minutes.

Why have we sacrificed our souls for some earthly version of success?

Do We Look More American than Christian? Part 5

March 25, 2020.Reading time 8 minutes.

Part 5: The Numbers Game We’ve seen a conversation in politics recently around whether the popular vote should matter more than the electoral vote. That debate reveals an ever present desire in our society to focus our attention on high-populated areas as if they are “more significant” than less-populated areas. I think the farmers who […]

Do We Look More American than Christian? Part 4

March 18, 2020.Reading time 7 minutes.

We typically stake our faith in God on His ability to move quickly. We don’t typically look for how He moves over longer periods of time.