Trellis And The Vine

Preaching: What You Say and What They Hear

Perception is reality. I learned this well early in my ministry when, in a sermon, a senior adult lady in my church misunderstood a statement and believed that I said you couldn’t be a democrat and be a Christian. Politics aside, my greatest disappointment from this encounter was the realization that she had not heard …

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Three Books Worth Your Time

The Gospel in Human Contexts by Paul Hiebert. Hiebert’s book is written with a focus on international missions, but in the glocal we find ourselves in today, cultural anthropology and missiological focus is needed as much in the Christian West as in the far East. What then is the relationship between the gospel and human …

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