The missional work of God goes on and continues to expand, but Paul and Barnabas retrace their steps to visit the previous spots of mission in order to deepen and anchor those missional outposts of the gospel. 14:21 After they had proclaimed the good news in that city and made many disciples, they returned to Lystra,…

Greg Boyd, in his newest book, The Myth of a Christian Religion: Losing Your Religion for the Beauty of a Revolution , takes no prisoners, minces no words, makes his points, states them clearly, and calls the reader to decision. The issue for him has to do with whether we want to participate in what…

Eighteen years ago, Pope John Paul II wrote in Centesimus Annus:   “Can it perhaps be said that, after the failure of Communism, capitalism is the victorious social system, and that capitalism should be the goal of the countries now making efforts to rebuild their economy and society? Is this model which ought to be proposed…

I admit that I love Garrison Keillor’s books; I’ll also admit I’ve almost never listened to The Prairie Home Companion though Kris and I have twice gone to hear him at Ravinia here in the northern suburbs. What I most like about his stories is when he finds himself among church folks, begins to observe and…

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