Old Good News

In the Bible, God’s plan of salvation through Jesus Christ is called the gospel, literally “good news.” We read and hear lots of news every day. I find it interesting to think about the way we get our news today and how it differs from the past. In ancient times, news...

The Key That Set Martin Luther Free

October 31st will mark the 500th anniversary of the day that a priest named Martin Luther nailed his now famous Ninety-Five Theses to the door of the Castle Church at Wittenberg. This was the spark that ignited the ecclesiastical, cultural and political explosion we...

Two Old Ideas for Church Growth

There’s no lack of new ideas when it comes to church growth. Jesus had a couple ideas himself, and we refer to them today as the sacraments.  A sacrament may sound to you like something from the middle ages, but the word simply means a visible sign of a spiritual...