Modern Man’s Problem

Modern Man’s Problem

A choice quote from C.S. Lewis’ essay, “God in the Dock” “The ancient man approached God (or even the gods) as the accused person approaches his judge. For the modern man the roles are reversed. He is the judge: God is in the dock.  He is quite...
Redeeming Christmas?

Redeeming Christmas?

“See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is” (Ephesians 5:15-17). Christians have been trying to redeem this thing called...
Preachers & Preaching

Preachers & Preaching

Recovering Preachers & Preaching By Alan D. Strange We live in a day in which many regard preaching, at best, as sharing, not proclamation, and in which the therapist has replaced the preacher. We need to recover both the preaching office and a high view of...
Dear President Clinton…

Dear President Clinton…

Below is a petition that our denomination submitted to the President of the United States in June 1993. It was ignored. We repost the petition here, first of all, because it models the humble spirit and respectful tone which should characterize our discourse in the...
A Cloistered Virtue?

A Cloistered Virtue?

He that can apprehend and consider vice with all her baits and seeming pleasures, and yet abstain, and yet distinguish, and yet prefer that which is truly better, he is the true wayfaring Christian. I cannot praise a fugitive and cloistered virtue, unexercised and...