The Word to the World
The Roman church had many difficulties to deal with. One of them was the way in which Jews and Gentiles were to relate to one another in Christ. Paul exhorts them to not pass judgement on one another any longer. They are rather to consider
Why do you attend church? Pew Research Center recently undertook a study to find out why people attend religious services. The top four answers were: to become closer to God; so children will have a moral foundation; to make me a better person; and for
Some time ago, I was preaching from Proverbs 4:20–27, which speaks of the need for a Christian to guard his heart by guarding his mouth, eyes, ears, and feet. After the message, we went to the Communion Table. As the elements were being distributed, the
Queen Rania of Jordan once said, “Perhaps if we all subscribed to the African concept of Ubuntu—that we all become people through other people, and that we cannot be fully human alone—we could learn a lot. There’d be less hatred and more harmony.” While some