When Should You Change Churches? Changing Churches Should Be Rare, Not Commonplace In our Facebook group we discussed the post “When Not to Change Churches.” Justin asked a pertinent question: “When should you change churches?” I knew part of the...
Three Ecumenical Guidelines Ecumenical is a word some may be unfamiliar with One definition of ecumenical means “relating to the worldwide Christian church.” A broader understanding is “establishing and promoting unity among...
Accepting Those Who Believe Differently From my research for 52 Churches I learned a great deal about the larger faith community I’m part of. Perhaps the most significant so far is courtesy of the United Methodist Church and their document...
Pursuing a Balanced Trinitarian Faith There is an amazing little booklet, sporting a tongue-twister of a title. It is The Threefold Art of Experiencing God: The Liberating Power of a Trinitarian Faith by Christian A. Schwarz. In a stellar example...
42 000 protestant denominations Christianity Today recently reported that there are 42,000 Protestant denominations. That is shocking. However, given that in the United States we have a consumerism mentality, this development is hardly...
Take a Step Toward Christian Unity In my neighborhood, a fair number of people attend church. None of them go to the church I attend and, as far as I know, no one else attends the same church as their neighbors. Even more confounding is that...
Three Streams of Christianity In my post, “Let’s Get Together,” I pointed out the importance of not going alone on our spiritual journey, but rather enjoying the company fellow travelers and the collective safety of going...
Jesus Offers a Prayer for Unity The last thing that Jesus did as a free man was to pray. The last thing in prayed for was that his future followers would get along. This strongly suggests that unity was important to Jesus. While unity among his...
What is Post-Denominational? Dividing the church by forming denominations isn’t biblical, and it’s time to move past it Jesus prayed for our unity, that we would be one—just as he and his father are one. He yearned that his followers would get...
The Bible Teaches Us How to Live With One Another Scripture is packed with instructions of how Christians should treat each other Last year I shared 13 Reasons Why I Love the Bible, and I periodically expand upon one of those thirteen reasons...
