by Wade Berry | Oct 5, 2020 | Faith & Heritage
1 Corinthians 8-10 can be difficult for modern readers to interpret, much less apply to their lives. Paul begins the section by talking about food sacrificed to pagan deities—a practice which seems inconceivable in our religiously skeptical world. Then he moves on to...
by Wade Berry | Mar 26, 2019 | Ministry, Scripture, Theology, Worship
Driven to Distraction When this blog is published, we will be well into 2019. We will also be well into the season known in the Christian church as Lent. It is a time when people around the world turn their attention to Jesus. They reflect, often in the context of...
by Wade Berry | Oct 2, 2018 | Carroll Community, Scripture, Theology
For the last two weeks, we have been discussing, in one way or another, the first half of Matthew 6. We talked about Jesus’ perspective on the three pillars of first century Jewish piety and how those practices might improve our own spiritual lives. We also sought to...
by Wade Berry | Jul 17, 2018 | Carroll Community
Matthew 5:13-16 is another very familiar passage from the Sermon on the Mount. In it, Jesus issues a clarion call to his disciples. He does so by reminding them of who they are (“salt” and “light”) and by urging them to make their identity known to those around them....
