At a recent conference I attended, one of the speakers (Brad Wos) said in a breakout session, "A person is a person because of people." His point is that our personhood is necessarily defined in terms of being a member of a community ... a "people." A person does not have full personhood apart...
The Pharisees heard that Jesus had outwitted the Sadducees, so they sent a legal expert to Jesus in order to test him, "Teacher, which commandment is the greatest in the law?" (Matt 22:34-40). Jesus answered, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with...
How do you measure how you're doing spiritually? Do you measure yourself by the things you're managing well? You list all the things of the Christian life that you're living out decently enough - prayer, ministry involvement, seizing teachable moments with your kids - and conclude that...