Justice

Christmas in a Time of Terror 12/19

It has been so since the beginning: Christmas in time of terror. The Christmas story in Matthew contains it: the slaughter of the innocents in […]

Politics as an Approximation of the Kingdom of God and Politics as Baal 10/19

As a Christian pastor I am as dismayed and grieved as anyone about the political divisions of our present day in America which are rending […]

Being a Prophetic Community in Statesville 1/19

(This sermon was preached at First Baptist Church, Garfield Rd, Statesville as a part of the community-wide celebrations held to honor Dr. Martin Luther King) […]

The Honda and the Bar Mitzvah 8/18

Can a church be a people of clear Christian identity and at the same time be open to truth found in other religions? Can we […]