“I can worship God out here in the woods. I don’t need the church.” Each year approximately 2.7 million people in America cease to be active church members. I wonder if we have come to define Christianity almost exclusively as a privatized spirituality that either ignores the central role of the church in the life … Continued
I am telling you these things now while I am still with you. But when the Father sends the Advocate as my representative—that is, the Holy Spirit—he will teach you everything and will remind you of everything I have told you. “I am leaving you with a gift—peace of mind and heart. And the peace I … Continued
“So, what exactly is it that you guys believe?” That was the question one of the teenagers in our youth group asked me several years back on a trip to San Antonio. Most of the students in our group had grown up around church, but this girl had come as a guest, and it was … Continued
