by Patty Parker | Sep 26, 2022 | Blog, Faith & Heritage, Worship
I’ve read and reread The Chronicles of Narnia almost annually since my mother introduced them to me as a child. Some scenes stick out time after time. When the Queen accuses Edmund of treachery in the presence of Aslan, his response always moves me—no words, just a...
by Patty Parker | Sep 14, 2022 | Blog, Faith & Heritage
Love is Love? Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him, because all that is in the world (the desire of the flesh and the desire of the eyes and the arrogance produced by material possessions) is...
by Wade Berry | Sep 12, 2022 | Blog, Faith & Heritage, Ministry
For decades, I have warned people about the dangers of interpreting Scripture through the lens of our experience. Though experience is a powerful teacher, it is not always a reliable one. It is far better, I have argued, to read our experience through the lens of...
by Wade Berry | Aug 31, 2022 | Blog, Faith & Heritage, Ministry
Let’s bring our music discussion to a close by returning to where we (almost) began. As I mentioned several weeks ago, my wife and I have become enamored with City Alight, a worship group out of Sydney, Australia. The first time I heard them perform “The Night Song,”...
by Wade Berry | Aug 22, 2022 | Blog, Faith & Heritage, Ministry
For some time now, I have been concerned about the number of worship songs which focus on victorious living. Some of these songs promise divine help with negative thought patterns (like shame or fear). Others promise divine deliverance from more tangible opponents...
by Greg Tomlin | Aug 17, 2022 | Blog, Faith & Heritage, Ministry
In my last letter, I wrote at length about the hardships you can expect in ministry—maybe ones you are already experiencing. Ministry is hard work for all of the reasons I outlined, not the least of which is we’re supposed to carry each other’s burdens and do the...
