Feb 03, 2012
Gospel Narrative and Paul: Competitors or Companions?
Posted by Pastor Todd Murphy
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I was recently sent a post by a member of our church to look at by a popular writer, Frank Viola. In this particular post he is laying out his agenda for the moniker by which he now refers to himself. This term is “Beyond Evangelical.” In outlining this program, one particular proposition he brings up is the preference for “narrative” over “propositional” doctrine in this movement. For those of you who want more details, you can read his entire post defining “Beyond Evangelical” here. For those of you
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Jan 30, 2012
Practicing Integrity
Posted by Pastor Todd Murphy
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What does it mean to have integrity? It is a word we use from time to time. But on the whole, I do not think it is one that is all that common in our vocabulary any more. When it does come up, we all want to think that we have it, right? Look at the following definition I pulled from my dictionary on my Macbook.
integrity |inˈtegritē|
noun
1 the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles; moral uprightness : he is known to be a man of integrity.
2 the state of being whole and
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Jan 23, 2012
The Re-”Emergents” of the Social Gospel
Posted by Pastor Todd Murphy
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If you have spent any time in an evangelical or fundamentalist church, you have been probably conditioned to reject anything that sounds like the social Gospel. This is understandable. And to be clear, the social Gospel is not “The Gospel.” Unfortunately in many quarters it is making a comeback. But not within the mainline Protestant denominations that went theologically liberal in the 20th century. This is happening within the landscape of evangelicalism in the minds an hearts of her sons and daughters. Essentially for many of the new generation, the old Fundamentalism and Neo-Evangelicalism provided
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Jan 19, 2012
How Churches Die: Loosing Sight of Repentance
Posted by Pastor Todd Murphy
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The Church has been around for a long time now, about two thousand years. That is a long time for bad things to happen, and to be sure, she was never picture perfect. The formation of orthodoxy came painfully. It was the threat of heresy that made the church define orthodoxy. When we look at some of the oldest traditions, Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, and Protestantism, it is easy to pick on them. The older something is, the more time it has to have problems, especially when its lead by sinners.
What is ironic
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