Christian service

The spiritual ontology of the Church

Mark Johnston
Jan 16, 2020
There is a certain view of church that regards it (especially as expressed in the local congregation) as a ‘voluntary association’. The idea has been notably prevalent among Christians in the United States, but has been embraced more widely in other parts of the world. Interestingly this perception...

My Top Five Books of 2019: the Unthank Edition

Stephen Unthank
Jan 3, 2020
Roald Dahl provided for my wife and I, when we first got married, a proper philosophy of home with his memorable instruction, “Please, oh PLEASE, we beg, we pray, Go throw your TV set away. And in its place you can install, a lovely bookshelf on the wall.” 2019 saw many more books added to that...

Ministering to Felt Needs

Justin Poythress
May 6, 2019
There was this nice, new family who was visiting your church for the past month or so. But you haven't seen them now for a couple weeks, and so you ask someone who was more connected with them: "What happened to the Jones family?" "Oh," your friend responds, "they didn't feel our church was meeting...