Sublime

Rabbis ensured that the core truths of revelation would not be forever trapped in the specifics of ancient laws developed for an ancient people.

Being a follower of Christ on mission in a hostile world is not for the faint of heart.

liminal space where people are still exploring, examining the faith, and in community with those with deep faith is important.

Scott Sauls says membership in a local church means “joining your imperfect self to many other imperfect selves to form an imperfect community that, through Jesus, embarks on a journey toward a better future . . . together.”

We believe that we are dealing with an epidemic of faith formation because we’ve lost moral commitment, dropped prayer in school, declined in church attendance.

Augustine might make Christianity plausible again for those who’ve been burned—who suspect that the “Christianity” they’ve seen is just a cover for power plays and self-interest, or a tired moralism that seems angry all the time, or a version of middle-class comfort too often confused with the so-called American Dream.

The Vivifying Convictions of the Redeemed Heart

Adell’s point was this: When life knocks us down, we need someone else to hold us up until we can be healed—a task that churches and other religious communities do all the time. “We are called to practice surrogate faith for a world that has lost it,” he concluded.