Steve | September 29, 2008
(I wrote a post last week on Proposition 8 that I had intended to be part of a discussion on the place of the church in politics, not to make a political statement or endorse a position or proposition. This is the same sort of post)
When our kids were little we read books to them. [...]
Steve | September 25, 2008
If you were not aware and were interested, you can download video of all of our teaching sessions at Nuevo Community Church.org.
Included in the downloads are the full sermon series on Luke, Hebrews from chapter 4 on, our most recent series on the Holy Spirit entitled “The Promise of the Father” and our present series [...]
Steve | September 25, 2008
Greg Gilbert on the 9Marks blog has written three posts on the definition of the gospel.
In the first part he raises two questions:
Those two questions are these:
What is the gospel? In other words, what is the message a person must believe to be saved? And
What is the gospel? In other words, what is the whole [...]
Steve | September 25, 2008
Steve | September 24, 2008
Check out this opinion piece from the LA Times about Proposition 8 found on the Protect Marriage Website. David Blankenhorn is a liberal democrat who is in favor of Prop. 8. Interesting.
Steve | September 24, 2008
Andreas Kostenberger at Biblical Foundations responds to David Gushee’s post in USA Today on Palin as the potential VP, and potential President of the US.
Read both articles, beginning with the Gushee article, followed by Kostenberger.
Is there a contradiction for Christians who believe women should not exercise authority over a man in the church context exerting [...]
Steve | September 23, 2008
I do not intend this post to be an endorsement for or against Proposition 8 rather to raise some issues as to how the church involves itself in issues like the one surrounding Proposition 8.
The Proposition
Proposition 8 is an initiative on the 2008 California General Election Ballot. If passed it would force an amendment to [...]
Steve | September 22, 2008
Interesting opinion piece in the NY Times by Nicholas Kristof about the political race and Barack Obama.
Steve | September 22, 2008
This sign has remarkably been up on a “prime” corner in my town for at least two months. I am not sure I totally understand the message.
We have a sense of urgency: LAST CALL!
That is a catchy opening. I am sure that most people reading were given the appropriate sense of urgency that drove them [...]
Steve | September 19, 2008
