Why We Gather: Part II Welcome to the second in a series of articles written to explore and uncover the purpose of the Christian gathering. In the previous article, we started by exploring four prototypical forms of the church—the Trinity, human social design, the Synagogue, and the Greek legislative assemblies. […]
Simply Doing What We Know
Simply Doing What We Know In the beginning, Christianity was a very simple faith. But over the centuries Christians have made it unnecessarily complicated. This complexity grew out of a predictable pattern. In the first two or three centuries, the church found it necessary to argue against false teaching to […]
Part VI: Re-examining Love
Part VI: Re-examining Love In the previous two posts, we’ve tried to clarify what Paul means by hope and faith within the Christian trivium. In this post, we’ll attempt to recover the true meaning of what both he and Jesus meant by love. While hope and faith are important, love […]