By Thaddeus Williams
Apr. 4, 2013 5:06 p.m.
Theology,
Church Life,
Culture,
Evangelism,
Ministry and Leadership
Often times it seems that harder the church tries to be relevant, the more irrelevant we become. The Bible is full of this kind of upside down logic. The self-clingers lose themselves, the prideful end up humbled, those jostling to be first end last, and, now it seems, those trying the hardest to be relevant end up most irrelevant. Thaddeus Williams explores what happens when the church puts relevance to culture ahead of reverence to Christ.
Read More
By Thaddeus Williams
Feb. 1, 2013 12:49 p.m.
Theology,
Biblical Exposition,
Church Life,
Ethics,
Evangelism,
Spiritual Formation
Jesus prayed for His church to form a kind of angled mirror, bonded together with the kind of love that directs the world’s gaze upward to behold the Triune God of love (Jn. 17:11-24). Are we reflecting the Triune God clearly, or do our churches often form more of a cracked mirror, fragmented shards with animosities and apathies caked like mud, refracting little light from above? Dr. Williams explores one reason we may often fail to reflect the Trinity, namely, the lack of a robust doctrine of "the anti-Trinity."
Read More
By Thaddeus Williams
Jan. 13, 2013 8:49 p.m.
Theology,
New Testament,
Spiritual Formation
What gifts does God give us in the person and work of Christ? How can we unwrap and enjoy them every day with the wide-eyed wonder of a kid on Christmas morning? Dr. Williams offers some post-Christmas reflections.
Read More
