Barna Friday: Revolution Defined

Here at the RevCon the first speaker was George Barna. Here are my notes of his content, unnedited with my take…..>>>>> Most Americans have always viewed the goal of life as ongoing shared experiences We work to enjoy comfort and options and control in all facets of our lifee — including church. Yes, there’s a [...]

Unity with diversity

The lack of unity in Christian circles is legendary. Most attempts at forging unity focus on either doctrinal agreement (and define unity as agreement with specific points) or on organization cooperation (agreement to submit to one ecclesiastial authority). By the way, I think these two kinds of bogus unity are what the false church grapple [...]

George Washington’s respect for religion

No doubt any Christians who read my yesterday post would wonder how I could seem to face the loss of morality in our culture with equanimity. I do not. I share George Washington’s view, that religion and morality are the foundation of political prosperity: Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, [...]

I’m a Christian, but…

The Christian community in the first century was outside, and in many ways opposed to, the power-struggles and values of the society of their day — both Jewish and Roman. Yet the Christians were culturally relevant — they understood the weighty issues of the day, and respected and honored their hearers. What they offered was [...]