Ministry of Reconciliation (Changing Generations Part 8)

Ministry of Reconciliation (Changing Generations Part 8)

As you may have guessed, the title of this series has been something of a double entendre.  Generationally speaking, the church is in a state of change.  But with the power of the gospel, leaders are able to effect a positive change in their churches and communities. ...
Environmental Reconciliation (Changing Generations Part 7)

Environmental Reconciliation (Changing Generations Part 7)

“Hope” is the final of man’s great needs.  In each of us is the innate desire that things would be better tomorrow than they are today.  It’s no wonder that “hope” became the buzzword in the last presidential election.  And it is no wonder that environmentalism...
Social Reconciliation: Changing Generations Part 6

Social Reconciliation: Changing Generations Part 6

We’ve already looked at the way younger generations desire a “story” that aligns their experiences and gives them meaning.  We then looked at the way the Biblical story meets humanity’s central needs, organized by the 3 great separations: spiritual, social and...

Jesus in Jeans

He hangs two hundred feet in the air from a church tower in Sussex, England.  But this Jesus statue is more Abercrombie and Fitch than first century Galilee (maybe he was inspired by the Kid Rock song, “Blue Jeans and a Rosary…”).   This statue,...
Spiritual Reconciliation (Changing Generations Part 5)

Spiritual Reconciliation (Changing Generations Part 5)

Thanks for staying with us so far.  In the previous post, we looked at the way the Bible offers a metanarrative of brokenness: that man experiences spiritual, social and even environmental separation, and that God’s great redemptive plan is to put the broken pieces...