OLD SCHOOL LESSON # 1
THE RULE OF LIFE Principles from the Old School Handbook: “So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this […]
October 2019
GRACE AND TRUST
Dallas Willard (1935-2013) wrote, “May I just give you this word? Grace is not opposed to effort, it is opposed to earning. Earning is an […]
BREAD FROM HELL
In a dream Roz and I and “another couple” (can’t recall the other couple) were in the downtown artsy-fartsy district of San Francisco. We were […]
AMERICA AND CHRISTIAN
“Is the church narrating what it means to be an American or is America narrating what it means to be the church?” Dr. Tripp York […]
FINDING A LOST WALLET
“When wallets had money in them…we went in thinking that people were going to be less likely to return these wallets,” said David Tannenbaum, one […]
MISSION OF THE CHURCH
Stanley Hauerwas, theologian and Christian ethicist comments, “The church doesn’t have a mission. The church is mission. Our fundamental being is based on the presumption that we […]
EIGHT PRINCIPLES
Evagrius Ponticus, who was also called Evagrius the Solitary (345–399 AD), was a Christian monk and ascetic who became a Desert Father, taught:“There are eight principal thoughts, […]
TWO OR THREE
John Gill (1697-1771) the great English pastor, theologian and scholar wrote concerning the Gospel of Matthew text “where two or three are gathered in my […]
SERVICE IS FOR ALL OF US
Dallas Willard (1935-2013) wrote, “You will remember that Jesus said, “I am among you as one who serves” (Luke 22:27). And he also said, “Whoever […]