by Wade Berry | Sep 7, 2020 | Faith & Heritage
When we left off our discussion of First Corinthians and its implications for the twenty-first century church, we were talking about 1 Corinthians 7 and how it should shape our attitudes towards singleness. But this interesting chapter also has some things to say...
by Wade Berry | Oct 23, 2019 | Scripture, Theology, Uncategorized
My son, if you accept my words and store up my commands within you, turning your ear to wisdom and applying your heart to understanding— indeed, if you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding, and if you look for it as for silver and search for it as for...
by Wade Berry | Sep 3, 2019 | Ministry
For the last few weeks, we have been talking about how the average follower of Jesus can prepare for the important moments in her or his life of devotion. We first talked about how to prepare for worship, emphasizing the importance of daily spiritual discipline,...
by Wade Berry | Jun 5, 2018 | Carroll Community
On the Carroll blog, we have often talked about how sacrifice is an essential element of discipleship. Jesus is quite clear that we have to give up our lives if we are going to find the life that he has for us (cf. Mark 8:35 and parallels). Jesus didn’t just come up...
by Wade Berry | May 8, 2018 | Carroll Community
Losing My Way When I was in graduate school, and for a short time thereafter, I felt kind of spiritually lost. In part, my lack of spiritual direction had to do with the fact that I was an evangelical Protestant studying at an extremely liberal divinity school. It...
