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Christ Our Center – Fr. Edward T. Oakes
On Thursday, April 18, the first ever Lausanne Catholic-Evangelical conversation on mission and evangelism took place at Mundelein Seminary in suburban Chicago. In planning this meeting our Lausanne committee, a group of five which I serve as chairman, agreed that … Continue reading
The Lausanne Catholic-Evangelical Conversation This Week
This new week might well bring about one of the most important ministry opportunities I’ve every been asked to lead as the president of the ACT3 Network. I referred to a public part of this opportunity in a blog I … Continue reading
Living as Aliens in Post-Christendom Culture (5)
Christian sociologist James Davison Hunter has written one of the most important studies of what it means to be faithfully present in the modern, increasingly post-Christendom world that I have been describing over the last two weeks. His magisterial book, … Continue reading
Testimony Has the Greatest Weight
The famous Samuel Johnson (1708–1784), often called quite simply Dr. Johnson, was a devout Anglican essayist, poet, literary critic and editor. He has been called “the most distinguished man of letters in English history.” He is also the subject of … Continue reading
How the Apostles Really Evangelized
Yesterday, I quoted a paragraph from a friend about Jesus being central to everything; i.e. He is the message of the Good News. This paragraph, from my good friend Fr. Joe Girzone, elicited a response from him to me of … Continue reading
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Jesus Is the Message, Period
I am convinced about one thing that really matters: Jesus is everything! Jesus is mankind’s best and only hope. He is the Savior of the world and the salvation of all who long and search. Our most enjoyable and wonderful task … Continue reading
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A Prayer for Maundy Thursday
Several years ago I met Pastor Mark Moore at a conference in Colorado. Recently we have become real friends. I began reading his blogs in the past few days and have found them quite helpful. Mark describes himself, on his … Continue reading
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How Christology Helps Us Find Unity in Christ’s Mission
One of the chapters in my book, Your Church Is Too Small, is taken from the title of a book by the German theologian and martyr Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Christ the Center. Here I argue that the Christian faith is first … Continue reading
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The One Who Takes the Son Gets Everything: A Parable
Ever so often I am forwarded an anonymous story or parable that is worth keeping and sharing. Most are too romantic for my tastes. Some are just not very good stories. One never knows who found or wrote these … Continue reading
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Bishop Kallistos Ware: “The Center of the Christian Message”
A few months ago Christianity Today editor David Neff did an interview with Orthodox Bishop Kallistos Ware. This interview is now available online. Bishop Ware, who is from Great Britain, was an Anglican before he entered the Orthodox Church as … Continue reading