A Life Restored
Last Thursday Polly went back to prison. Only months ago she was paroled after serving thirty years of a ninety-nine year sentence. As a youth from east Tennessee, Polly was involved in what… A Life Restored
When Failure is Success
If success means filled seats, last Sunday was a failure. Our total worship attendance was less than normal. If sucess means full contribution plates, last Sunday was a failure. Our giving trended downward. If success… When Failure is Success
Review of N. T. Wright’s “After You Believe”
A friend of a friend once shared that, moments after his baptism, a church leader admonished him: “Well, Jesus has done his part. The rest is up to you.” For this individual, Christian character was a duty by which we get the rest of the way to heaven after the initial “boost” from Jesus.
Irreligious: Forsaking Religion and Finding Jesus’ Lord (Mk. 12:35-37)
Chris Altrock – August 15, 2010
Robin Meyers grew up in Churches of Christ.[i] Along his journey, however, he became disenchanted not only with Churches of Christ, but with all theologically conservative groups. In his book Saving Jesus From the Church Meyers describes this disenchantment as him rejecting Christ but embracing Jesus. In fact, the subtitle to his book is “How to Stop Worshiping Christ and Start Following Jesus.” Meyers began to make a distinction between the “Christ” whom conservative mainline churches have historically emphasized and the “Jesus” whom Meyers had rediscovered recently in the pages of the Bible. Meyers ultimately became repulsed by people who mistreated others yet said they believed in the orthodox doctrines about Christ (e.g.,. the virgin birth, the miracles of Christ, and his resurrection from the dead). Meyers came to believe that all of these doctrinal matters about Christ were of little significance. What mattered most was living out the example left behind by Jesus—treating people the way Jesus would.
Irreligious: Forsaking Religion and Finding Jesus’ Lord (Mk. 12:35-37)