"I saw the spirit descend and remaining upon him" - so speaks John the baptizer to his circle of followers about his baptism of Jesus. It is from this circle of John’s followers that Jesus drew his first disciples. In our reading from the Book of Acts this morning, we hear of an encounter between the …
Which church will survive?
I came across a provocative article, A Church for Exiles, by Carl Trueman in the August issue of First Things, a periodical of conservative Christian thought. The author of this article sees Christianity overwhelmed by secularism and entering a period of "exile" in the United States. He asks the question as to which church (or Christian tradition) …
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