Now you can attend a church online. The World Wide Web has become the hottest place to build a church. A growing number of congregations are creating Internet offshoots that go far beyond streaming weekly services. The sites are fully interactive, with a dedicated Internet pastor, live chat in an online “lobby,” Bible study, one-on-one prayer through [...]
Archive for November, 2009
In the News – St. WWW
Posted in in the news, tagged Bible, christ, christian, christianity, church, faith, god, jesus, jesus christ, protestant, religion, theology on November 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
In the News – Lord and Latte
Posted in in the news, tagged Bible, christ, christian, christianity, church, faith, god, jesus, jesus christ, religion, theology on November 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Has the Coffee Bar replaced the Lord’s Table? Consider that in many churches the coffee bar has displaced the Lord’s Table as the place where real community happens. Due in part to the neutralizing of sacred space that has been popular since the 1980s, churches began removing or deemphasizing the Lord’s Table and introducing coffee [...]
In the News – Christ at the Center
Posted in in the news, tagged Bible, christ, christian, christianity, church, faith, god, jesus, jesus christ, religion, theology on November 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Is the Gospel enough? Here is a link to an interesting discussion on the Gospel driving the message of the church. But aren’t many churches doing good preaching about how to improve your marriage, transform your life, and serve the poor? The question is whether this is the Good News. There is nothing wrong with law, [...]
Theophilus Cafe #61
Posted in theophilus cafe, tagged Bible, christ, christian, christianity, church, faith, god, jesus, jesus christ, religion, theology on November 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Theophilus Cafe is a place where we can have a running dialogue based on a question or issue that I post. Think of the Cafe as a virtual coffee house where you can gather with your friends and discuss the posted topic or just reflect on it. Please post your thoughts or response on this topic in the [...]
Coffee Talk Redux #66 – The Whole Truth and Nothing But the Truth
Posted in coffee talk redux, tagged Bible, christ, christian, christianity, church, faith, god, jesus, jesus christ, meditations, religion, theology on November 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Coffee Talk Redux is a reflection on things God is teaching me. In some cases the ideas for these topics may arise from some conversation I may have had with someone, or a thought that crossed my mind, something I have written, or perhaps something I read somewhere, or maybe a combination of all of [...]
In the News – Bored to Death?
Posted in in the news, tagged Bible, christ, christian, christianity, church, faith, god, jesus, jesus christ, theology on November 7, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Follow this link to read an interesting article about folks at church being bored by the Word, “It is well and good for the preacher to base his sermon on the Bible, but he better get to something relevant pretty quickly, or we start mentally to check out. Don’t spend a lot of time in [...]
Theophilus Cafe #60
Posted in theophilus cafe, tagged Bible, christ, christian, christianity, church, faith, god, jesus, jesus christ, religion, theology on November 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Theophilus Cafe is a place where we can have a running dialogue based on a question or issue that I post. Think of the Cafe as a virtual coffee house where you can gather with your friends and discuss the posted topic or just reflect on it. Please post your thoughts or response on this topic in the [...]
In the News – Indulgences
Posted in in the news, tagged Bible, christ, christian, christianity, church, faith, god, jesus, jesus christ, religion, theology on November 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sometime during October 31, 1517, the day before the Feast of All Saints, the 33-year-old Martin Luther posted theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg. The door functioned as a bulletin board for various announcements related to academic and church affairs. The theses were written in Latin and printed on a folio [...]
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