by Wade Berry | Nov 6, 2018 | Carroll Community, Ministry, Op-Ed
Today is election day, and I have been puzzling for weeks over what I should write. At first, I wanted to write some guidelines for helping us discharge our civic duty wisely, focusing on the primacy of truth. Then, I heard about Sen. Ben Sasse’s new book Them: Why We...
by Wade Berry | Oct 30, 2018 | Carroll Community, Scripture, Theology
For several weeks now, we have been reflecting on the Sermon on the Mount. Jesus says a lot of things in this collection of his teachings, but we can boil down his message to three main ideas. He explains the principles that animate the alternate reality that is God’s...
by Wade Berry | Oct 23, 2018 | Carroll Community, Scripture, Theology
7 Ask, and it will given to you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives, the one who seeks finds, and it will be opened for the one who knocks. 9 What person among you, when his son asks for bread, will give him...
by Wade Berry | Oct 16, 2018 | Carroll Community, Ministry, Scripture, Theology
“Enter through the narrow gate. The gate that leads to destruction is wide, and the avenue that leads to destruction is easily navigated—and many people find it. The gate that leads to life is narrow, and the road that leads to life is difficult to navigate—and only a...
by Wade Berry | Oct 9, 2018 | Carroll Community, Scripture, Theology
As we turn our attention to the seventh chapter of Matthew’s gospel, we encounter one of the most well-known, and least understood, verses in the entire Bible. The New International Version translates verse one this way: “Do not judge, or you too will be judged.” The...
