Many years ago, someone asked Dr. Tim Keller, pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian in Manhattan this via Twitter: “Can a person be a Christian without being a member of a church?” Dr. Keller’s answer was, in essence, “Yes, but not an obedient one.” His answer was an important and instructive one. One can repent and giveContinue reading “Baptists: What Happened to Regenerate Church Membership? Part II”
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Baptists: What Happened to Regenerate Church Membership? Part I
“If a sheep has strayed let us seek it; to disown it in a hurry is not the Master’s method. Ours is to be the labor and the care, for we are overseers of the flock of Christ to the end that all may be presented faultless before God. One month’s absence from the houseContinue reading “Baptists: What Happened to Regenerate Church Membership? Part I”
In Praise of Slow Growth
“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” -Ferris Bueller Life moves fast, and we like it that way. We, by nearly every measure, are a people who want things quickly and feel shortchanged if anything takes too long. Why won’t the traffic light change?Continue reading “In Praise of Slow Growth”
Some Men Just Want the Fight
One of the very best movies I have seen in recent years is the World War I epic called 1917. The basic premise of the film is two young soldiers are tasked with delivering orders to another unit to call off a planned offensive attack because they would surely lose as it is a trap. InContinue reading “Some Men Just Want the Fight”
Now is No Time to Abandon the Fellowship
To the surprise of no one who knows me, I’ve never been the seafaring type. Travel on the water (in whatever form) has exactly zero appeal to me. That being said, something I do know about travel on the high seas is that the worst possible time to abandon ship is in the midst ofContinue reading “Now is No Time to Abandon the Fellowship”
The Bearded Ecclesiologian 