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"Church"? …A Way Forward!
October 9th, 2009 by Dale Fincher
Part 1 of this discussion.Part 2 of this discussion. As we continue to discuss “church,” many believe the organized structure we call “church” is lacking. Often, it causes people to feel disenfranchised, floating, and maybe even an outcast. Even people who love Jesus may struggle with the tension between being faithful to Jesus and being [...]
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"Church"? … unraveling the crisis
September 26th, 2009 by Dale Fincher
Continuing the theme of the previous post, I’ve appreciated several observations that I want to summarize. 1) Many Christians are discouraged with “church,” not just any “church,” but “church” in general, not only as irrelevant but unbiblical.2) Pastors and elders tend to blame the lazy and complaining people in the congregation for many of these [...]
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What Exactly is "Church"?
September 23rd, 2009 by Dale Fincher
We’ve all witnessed the onslaught of recent publishing. We’ve read the articles that speak to so many people leaving church. We’ve seen the books by people disillusioned with church. We’re heard the statistics decrying that most students won’t even attend church by the time they are out of college. Many leaders are fretting over the [...]
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Beyond the Border: The Mystery of Mystery
September 20th, 2009 by Dale Fincher
When I began to take my faith serious in my late teens, few things made me feel more alone among God’s so-called people than when my Christian community discouraged me from testing and pressing into my faith. They would say, “Don’t think too much!” or in more disguised positive ways like, “You just have to [...]
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What is a "Christian"?
July 11th, 2008 by Dale Fincher
My friend, Rachel Wolf, a Jew with a storied history in the Messianic movement, wrote the following piece for the Messianic Times (reprinted here with her permission). Read this, press into it, what does it do to your understanding of “Christian”? What if God was calling the non-Jewish human world into some form of Jewishness? [...]
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New Book: What’s So Great About Christianity
March 14th, 2008 by Dale Fincher
Tony Snow, former press secretary for President George W. Bush, wrote a clear, enjoyable article in Christianity Today, reviewing What’s So Great About Christianity by Dinesh D’Souza. I agree with the whimsical assessment of this article. And it is written in a way that average people can understand. Here’s a taste: [After citing a string [...]
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Some Christian Pastors Embrace Scientology
November 2nd, 2007 by Dale Fincher
CNN published this story how some Christians are finding help with Scientology’s practices. Some Christian Pastors Embrace Scientology Just like my post about the statues of St Joseph, modern man is growing more comfortable with having foreign gods in his house. The sheer incoherence about religion in the ‘scientific’ age is no surprise with the [...]
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Is Christianity Good for the World?
October 19th, 2007 by Dale Fincher
Earlier this year, Douglas Wilson (Christian) and Christopher Hitchens (Atheist) exchanged responses to one another in Christianity Today under this question: Is Christianity Good for the World? If you are up to reading this six-part exchange, none of which is too long (I read it all in one sitting), here are a few observations I [...]
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