What is the over-arching story of the Scriptures? In Western Christianity, it has long been contended that the story of the Scriptures is the story of redemption through Jesus. Brian McLaren taught this position for a long time. He generalizes the idea in a sort of diagram that I will not reproduce here, but essentially… Read More »
At Grace we have a simple vision: Creating environments where people encounter Jesus and journey together. We’ve defined encountering Jesus pretty well. He is Savior, Master and Model. But I’ve struggled with the idea of the journey. What does it look like? Finally, I might stumbled on the biblical answer. The journey is embodied in… Read More »
I am quite certain that the next few posts will offend many an uber-Christian out there in cyberspace. If you are one such offended individual, I wish to extend an apology in advance. If you wish to comment and provide useful dialogue on the topic of this post, feel free; but if you wish to… Read More »
When I got the email for this little booklet, I was not too terribly ecstatic. Let’s be honest – it’s a Lent devotional… And it is what it is. There’s some good stuff in here, but mostly I found it to be the typical devotional for Christians. Nothing ground-breaking. I wish I had more to… Read More »
This morning, the Nashua Telegraph ran this article on the front page of both their print and electronic editions: http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/news/694468-196/merrimack-hooksett-churches-merge-to-fill-needs.html Check it out!
This is a post from a previous blog from 2008. I thought I’d share it, especially as we prepare to offer the RESURRECTION Jesus made possible. In our Western theological landscape, we think of redemption as the appeasement of God’s anger toward sinful mankind. In brief, it goes something like this: God is angry with… Read More »
This Sunday, over 100 people worshiped with us at Grace! (101 to be exact.) It is the second time our congregation has tipped the triple digits in the last few months, and we have danced around 90 or so for the entire time as well. In theory if everyone who calls Grace their church were to show… Read More »
::SIGH:: ::YAWN:: I really, really wanted to like Larry Crabb’s book Real Church: Does It Exist? Can I find it? – I really did. And I tried hard. But ultimately, it is yet another book from yet another disillusioned Christian begging the church to be something more than it is. I found it ironic that in… Read More »
We are now three months into the merger of Heritage Baptist Church and Grace Baptist Church. Here are some quick thoughts on what we’ve learned: Never discount the potential of an ‘older’ congregation. The men and women of Grace have just absolutely gone above and beyond in bringing things together. We’re all still feeling each… Read More »
On April 25, we’ll be starting a study of the book of Ecclesiastes. Unlike many of the books of the Bible, Ecclesiastes is a highly stylized and downright disturbing book. Written sometime in the early 10th century BCE, it looks at life from the ultimate pessimist’s perspective and really highlights some of the biggest flaws… Read More »
