The Great Church Earthquake
It happened in 1947. A great earthquake demolished a big church building that had been used for centuries by a devout Christian congregation. The building was almost completely destroyed. The roof had...
View ArticleRadical Gospel, Radical Church
For a radical gospel (the biblical kind) we need a radical church (the biblical kind). What would a denomination do that really wanted to become a church with New Testament dynamic? Let us suppose . ....
View ArticleI Dreamed a Great Revival Came
I dreamed a great revival came, and all things were made new. God’s Spirit moved upon the earth, and through the heavens, too. A deep conviction wakened hearts, and people felt the wind Of truth...
View ArticleThe Radicaler Wesley?
May 24, 2014 — Aldersgate Day, and the day The Radical Wesley: The Patterns and Practices of a Movement Maker is officially published by Seedbed Press. John Wesley “broke the faith barrier” on this...
View ArticleChristians Who Sided with Native Americans
Henry Benjamin Whipple (1822-1901) was the first Episcopal bishop of Minnesota. He left a remarkable 576-page autobiography, Lights and Shadows of a Long Episcopate (Macmillan, 1902), which offers...
View ArticleThe Revival America Doesn’t Need
America needs a great awakening, a revival, a genuine stirring of the Spirit of God. America does not need a pseudo-revival, a movement that champions pseudo-Christianity, that uses religious fervor...
View ArticleLiving Fire!
As we enter a new year, this remarkable hymn seems especially apt and timely: Oh for that flame of living fire Which shone so bright in saints of old! Which bade their souls to heaven aspire, Calm in...
View ArticleFive Signs of Hope in the New Year
I see five promising signs of hope as the world enters 2015. Also a few maybes. Any optimism must be tempered by the now-present reality of climate destabilization. Already climate change is...
View ArticleParable of the River
(At a friend’s request, I am republishing this.) From high mountain reaches it came, coursing down rocky crags and between wooded slopes until it reached the plain. There it flowed, wide and quietly...
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