Wednesday, September 8, 2010

The Language of the Cross: Overview (1)

August 22, 2009 by Nathan  
Filed under Theology

My stated goal in the forthcoming series is to describe as clearly and briefly as possible the “nature of the atonement,” or what I am labeling The Language of the Cross. I will give a brief overview in this first post and then briefly expound upon each descriptor in future posts. I will explore four [...]

Gospel. Community. Mission. – The Matrix of the Church

August 1, 2009 by Nathan  
Filed under Church DNA

Currently in 2009, the US Census Bureau recognizes over 256,000 churches in America. To most thinkers this would prompt the question, If there are so many churches, why plant more? (This is not an attempt to justify why we advocate planting more churches. For an answer to this question see Tim Keller’s article Why Plant [...]