Roger Olson, who teaches at the Truett Theological Seminary at Baylor University, is the most interesting of theological mixes: a Southern Baptist, an evangelical who is not fundamentalist and, perhaps best of all, an articulate advocate of Wesleyan-Arminian theology. In other words, he’s a really good United Methodist . . . he just doesn’t know it yet. And Read the full article…
First of all, the snowstorm that hit Charlotte on Saturday evening was the worst possible kind from a preacher’s perspective: strong enough to hinder Sunday attendance but not so strong that we needed to cancel. It also hit on Saturday evening, meaning many people’s final visual was of snow everywhere — meaning no church on Read the full article…
Over the last week, blog topics came faster than I could keep up with them — a trip to Texas, a story in the Charlotte Observer on Home, Valentines’ Love Songs, reflections on self-love, and then yestereday an anecdote shedding light into what kind of community Good Shepherd is becoming. Along the way, Constant Contact Read the full article…
During our most recent Next Step group, a woman made the most interesting observation about Good Shepherd: This is not a big church. It’s a church where a lot of people belong.And I did what I always do in a situation like that: exclaimed “that will preach!” and then wrote it down to keep for future Read the full article…
Yes, you read the post title correctly. I remember the time in seminary when one of our professors quipped, “Masturbation is the opposite of the weather. With the weather, everyone discusses it, but no one can actually do anything about it . With masturbation . . . well, you know the rest.”So it’s a time Read the full article…
