by Ralph Neighbour, Jr. | Sep 4, 2012 | Uncategorized
by Ralph Neighbour In the late 1960’s, Tom Wolfe shared with me his insights about the Greek word oikos. He saw it as “household,” the basic building block composing the larger ecclesia. I was fascinated! I wanted to write and teach about it, but he...
by jefftunnell | Sep 4, 2012 | Uncategorized
by Jeff Tunnell Should we assume or conclude that as civilization passes through time that it actually advances in quality automatically? I think this is a bad assumption. In fact, I see civilization being brutalized by technology and the extremely fast pace of...
by joelcomiskey | Sep 2, 2012 | Uncategorized
by Joel Comiskey Those of us living in the Western, individualistic world have a hard time imagining the New Testament culture in which it was normal to live with parents, servants, and other workers. We are accustomed to nuclear families–father, mother, and...
by Ralph Neighbour, Jr. | Aug 30, 2012 | Uncategorized
by Ralph Neighbour The term “Encounter” describes a special weekend event designed to set believers free from spiritual bondage. They originated over a half century ago as the cell movement followed the pattern of discipleship described in 1 John 2:12-14:...
by billmellinger | Aug 29, 2012 | Uncategorized
by Bill Mellinger We are a church in transition. For too many years, we have had a building on the corner and waited for people to come fill it. Programs have come and gone and so have the people. There have been times when there were large children’s programs...
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