Jesus is the man of small numbers

This post is from the defunct blog “Dying Church” From Through Moses to Jesus, commenting on John 20:11-17 when Mary found the empty tomb: In this, as in innumerable other gospel

Counter-cultural pastoral life

This post is from the defunct blog “Dying Church” Found through Jordon: an interview with Eugene Peterson: Basically, we simply have to get our identity from the Bible, from this Biblical story. And

Old wineskins

This post is from the defunct blog “Dying Church” A long time ago, I spoke on Jesus' image of putting new wine into old wineskins. My friend Sandy e-mailed this question:

What about Hannah?

This post is from the defunct blog “Dying Church” From Relevant Magazine: …the concern for our 3 year old's immediate discomfort was overshadowed by the prospect of having a future 16

The Church Matters

This post is from the defunct blog “Dying Church” Somebody was kind enough to encourage me to listen to James MacDonald this week as he starts a series on the church. I'