by Nathan Pickard | Jan 11, 2018 | Uncategorized
Reading Scripture in the Context of a Neighborhood Part 2 of 3 A few years ago, I was sitting with Anna Carter Florence when the question was posed concerning how we read Scripture. I do not remember fully what Florence said, except that she was wondering if the...
by Mark Hamilton | May 4, 2010 | Uncategorized
Does the Gospel sell itself? That’s how I began this series of posts, and that’s how I’ll end it. If we are on a road alongside of which are exits to narcissism, self-indulgence, and self-promotion, and the Heavenly City seems further away in our...
by Mark Hamilton | Apr 22, 2010 | Uncategorized
Ours is a time in which all the old truths have seemed questionable, all the old habits indefensible, and all the old passions unthinkable. Since Christianity is no longer a new religion and since Christians are often leaders in the power systems of the world and...
by Mark Hamilton | Apr 15, 2010 | Uncategorized
How do we get off the road? How do we join the earliest disciples in their journey, for which a single change of clothes and the greatest possible trust in God was enough? How do we do this together, so that we don’t play generations or theological stances or...
by Mark Hamilton | Apr 9, 2010 | Uncategorized
Like many other people, I read the other day about the big church that was giving away cars, big screen tvs, and other spiffy consumer goods to draw folks to their Easter service. [youtube jd-F8Lay9m8] Also like many others, especially smart-alecky professor types, I...
