A couple weeks ago we looked at Acts 17:16-34, when Paul was in Athens. He preached open-air style in the Areopagus, a rocky outcropping where all the latest TED talk speakers of…
Prayer, patience, persistence, persuasion
October 8, 2020
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Luke’s Gospel of Reversal … and the table.
October 15, 2020
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On faithful generosity
October 1, 2020
We started our capital campaign last week. Some of you have been through quite a few of these, and for others this is your very first one. I said on Sunday that…
To Attend or Not to Attend?
September 24, 2020
Last Sunday we had a wonderful worship service with the Franklin Church congregation who graciously hosted us all summer. It was our final outdoor service, which means that this Sunday at 10a…
The Gospel of Reversal … and a ‘friend of God’
September 18, 2020
Hello NAPC friends. In my seminary studies right now (and by extension, in much of my personal reading time), I am working through the Gospel according to Luke. This book, the longest…
The Gospel is not a Self-Improvement Program
September 10, 2020
Arizona Christian University’s Cultural Research Center recently published results of their American Worldview Inventory Study in 2020 (see here). One of the most interesting findings is that the majority of self-identifying Christians…
The gods in our hearts
August 21, 2020
It was my first week of my first job as a newly minted lawyer. Each morning, my sizable firm gathered all of us newbies together so that seasoned attorneys could share their…