A Place Where You Belong (Church Membership, Part 6)
Some final thoughts on the practical need for local church membership....
Keep ReadingOccasional thoughts from Rob and Randy's (metaphorical) desks.
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Questioning My Questions
We have a lot of questions when we suffer. Let's make sure we're asking the right ones....
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Gratitude Adjustment
It took my one night in the ER to realize I had a gratitude problem....
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A Worrisome Little Word
What's a child of God to do when even the scientists are worried?...
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Which Step Are We On (and can I freak out yet)?
The surgeon told us not to get ahead of ourselves and start panicking. Scripture says the same thing....
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Entering the Wound
Having my brain surgery scheduled on Christmas Eve got me thinking......
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The Fine Line of Prayer for Healing
How do we pray when we don't know if God WILL do what he CAN do?...
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Wartime Learning, The Dying Senator, and Stupid Me
The reality of death is always there, but we are slow to notice until we are forced to see it....
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A New Curriculum I Didn't Plan
What's a pastor to do when all his plans take a sudden course correction?...
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The Case for the Local Church (Church Membership, Part 3)
As a Christian, I'm a member of the body of Christ. Why, then, do we talk about also being a member of a local church?...
Keep ReadingAmong You and Over You (Church Membership, Part 4)
When Scripture describes the role of elder, it uses language that cannot be understood without the idea of church membership....
Keep ReadingDiscipline Needs the Church (Church Membership, Part 5)
The way Scripture describes the discipline of sinners is only possible in the context of the local church....
Keep ReadingThe Church Within the Church (Church Membership, Part 2)
Is the church only those who are saved? Or is it everyone that shows up on a Sunday morning? The answer is somewhere in between, and it might be less black and white than we want....
Keep ReadingA Farewell to Proof-Texting (Church Membership, Part 1)
Understanding how the Bible speaks of church membership requires a different way of using Scripture than we might be used to....
Keep ReadingCrumbled Have Spires in Every Land
Church buildings are significant, but they are still only buildings. The true church exists elsewhere....
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Analog Sanctification
Putting off the old self is less like digital deletion and more like an older technology....
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