The Achievement of the Cross

Recent debates about the meaning of the cross may serve one purpose: they make us take another look at the cross and its meaning. When talking about the cross, we typically make two

The message of Easter

I used to subscribe to the tape ministry – remember the days before digital downloads? – of a large church. I remember getting the Easter Sunday message one particular year. The main idea of the

Jesus was a failed leader

This post is from the defunct blog “Dying Church” A provocative post by Ruth Tucker that challenges our emphasis on leadership: Leadership is a hot topic today. Colleges and universities and seminaries and

Everything is spiritual

C.S. Lewis on why it’s not feasible or wise “to become exclusively and explicitly religious”: Before I become a Christian I do not think I fully realized that one’s life,

The Heart of the Cross

If you follow theology, you know that there have been a number of debates going on the past few years about  how to understand Jesus’ death on the cross and its effect on