I am proud of the mission work Fort Wayne Baptist Church does, basically all of which the church was doing before I got here. For a congregation that has 50 people on a good Sunday, with about half that in regular attending active adult members, we do remarkably well. 930 shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child […]
New Year Big Thoughts
One of the most powerful aspects of the Gospel is its ability to transform not just individual lives but all of society. Jesus said of himself“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners […]
Punk Rock Magnificat
Mary, as in Jesus’ mom, could be more accurately rendered in English as Miriam. The most likely meaning is “beloved”, but personally I like the idea that it is from the Hebrew “Marah” or “rebellious.” Why? Because look at the Magnificat, that ancient Song of Mary found in Luke 1. “52 He has brought down rulers from […]
Give Me A Sign
I may have shocked people at Council meeting Tuesday night when I told them that I wouldn’t have spent money on a church sign and that in general they don’t do a lot of good. I stand by my statement. Church signs are good at letting the community know the church is active and when […]
Angels do what now?
“Hark! the herald angels sing, “Glory to the new-born King!” Or not. Angels do not sing. No where in the Bible do they sing. Angels do two things: they deliver messages and they kill people. Even the passage in Luke says that it was a “host”, in other words an army. (The least Biblical picture […]
Missions Impossible?
The entire world is talking about the death of John Chau, the young missionary killed by a remote and isolated neolithic tribe off the coast of India. It has brought up many questions about missionary work and this young man. I have read as much as I could find about him and his death, and I […]