Archived Postings

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

0105 — Liberal King James?

We heard a new (to us) speaker in Tulsa this year:  Dr. Dr. Patrick Mead.  (He has two Ph.D.s — in science, not theology.)  Took us about 4 seconds of listening to him to realize that he is Scottish.  (He grew up in Scotland.)

The “highlights” of the Tulsa 2009 talks will eventually be made [...]