Archived Postings

0126 — Change Agent Jesus

 

Isn’t it amazing that two people can mean two different things when they use the same word?

 

The title of a recent article in CHRISTIANITY: then & now caught my eye.  The title [...]

0125 — Please Disagree

I learned something really interesting from one of Jay Guin’s posts the other day.  He was discussing the book, Sitting at the Feet of the Rabbi Jesus, which explores the “Jewishness” of Jesus, and provides fascinating insights.  Here is the excerpt that caught my eye:

Rabbinic teaching

 Sometimes, the tough questions that Jesus had to [...]

0124 — How Many ACTS?

I thought the discussion format of this “teaching” was particulary elucidating — as well as the conclusion.

From Jay Guin’s blog:

 

Renewing Our Worship: The 16 Acts of Worship

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0123 — HELP WANTED at the Sunday Church

I saw this add in the Christian Standard not long ago:

 ”Sunday Church” — Well, that’s different.  For a name, that is.

“Nontraditional” — Might be a little scary?

“Nondenominational” — Sounds good.  That’s what we are, right?  (We can talk about that word some other time.  It carries a lot of baggage.  Or [...]

0122 — Can You Hold Your Tongue? SHOULD you?

I’ve heard it said (somewhere — I don’t remember where) that the longest/oldest/continuous publication of the Restoration Movement is the CHRISTIAN STANDARD.  I subscribed to it about a year ago.  It’s a little different.  It has a long history.  And it has some good articles.  In fact, I read one yesterday called:  Holding One’s Tongue [...]

0121 — Whose List Is Right?

There is  a fascinating (well, one man’s “fascinating” is another’s “bor-ingggg!”, but I think it’s fascinating) conversation going on over at http://graceconversation.com concerning (as you might expect) GRACE and how grace plays out (not the best choice of words I suppose) in our lives when we are mistaken about some doctrinal point or the other. 

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0120 — Must It Be Authorized?

I had saved a “letter to the editor” of the Christian Chronicle a while back, thinking I might share it with you, and today I decided to do that. The really interesting thing, that I had not noticed before, was that the person who sent the letter to the editor was the same person whose [...]

0119 — Picture This

I just realized I did not know how to put a picture in the ISI blog, so bear with me while I figure it out. Hmmm, I need to go find a picture. A-ha! Here’s a picture of the most beautiful person in the world –>

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0118 — “I was sick, and you looked after me…”

David Fleer and Charles Siburt created (edited) a two-volume book titled LIKE A SHEPHERD LEAD US in 2006.  It is a collection of essays on “Guidance for the Gentle Art of Pastoring.”  I’ve been reading them off and on for the last couple of years, as I get time.  I got in trouble for sharing [...]

0117 — Church Women

Danley asked me to post the notes below for him…

–Mark

 

This morning I heard a lecture from Dr. Ken Cukrowski at ACU about the role of women in ministry. He provided insights I have never heard before on this controversial issue. I would like to share my notes [...]