I was talking to one of the elders at my church after our Easter service, and we were discussing the historic Easter greeting: He has risen. He has risen, indeed!
This elder and I were talking about how we use a phrase once a year, that many people might really understand. This elder said that he […]
Is Mark Driscoll right?
Do men care about church?
Should men care about church?
Do we, as the church, target the audience before us which statistically is more female( I’ve heard 60%)?
Do we find ways to make sure that men know that Jesus was a man, the ultimate man, a man, that every girl should want to marry, […]
After about a month of not finishing this article I finally took some time to sit down and complete my thoughts on this issue.
The percentage of “churched” Americans has continued to rise over the last 100 years. Yet at the same time there is a sense that especially since the 1960’s there has been a […]
For the Christians are distinguished from other men neither by country, nor language, nor the customs which they observe. For they neither inhabit cities of their own, nor employ a peculiar form of speech, nor lead a life which is marked out by any singularity. The course of conduct which they follow has not been […]
It will not take you very long to find some Christian speaking, or writing about the waining of American Christian culture. In fact I bet it would be hard to find a Christian who has not personally thought about subject or has heard it from a friend or relative. The body is filled with “rumors […]
My finals are finished, and I have just a bit of reading and a few pages to write.
So here is what I’m planning for the next week, or so, at thedesocios.com:
1. I recently heard a lecture by Darren Patrick about the History of the Emergent Church, and I’m hoping to write a response.
I’d especially like […]
I found a link to an article that a brother of mine wrote concerning what it means to be true to a denominations tradition. The whole article can be found here.
Here are a few thoughts on this article.
On Organic Growth. Your definition of root is wrong. Christ is clear that he is the root […]
Thanks to Tony over at Sets’n’Service for the link.
Does this video ring true with you?
There is a great scene in the movie the 13th Warrior, where Ahmed(Antonio Banderas) is traveling with the 12 viking warriors, and he doesn’t know how to talk with them so he is just listening. They are telling stories, and laughing each others jokes. Then all of a sudden he understands one part of […]
I stand in the valley.
On one side, I see the mountains where my father has lived. On the other side I see the mountains intended for my children’s journeys.
I see the mountains where my father has lived.
I see on my father’s mountains lush fields of irrigated crops, yet many are hungry.
I see on […]