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Point and Counterpoint
One of my favorite educational methods is constructive debate. Kristin and I took a few classes together in seminary and one of those classes was Adult Education. A major team project was to teach an adult class using any teaching method we wished on an assigned systematic theology study. Our team was assigned the study
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Rock Stars and Concerts
Just because I am in my 60s now, this is not a post about the good ole’ days of hymns. I grew up in the 60s and 70s. Rock music was well established in my lifetime. I enjoy all genres of music. Yes, even the new genres. (I am not a person who listens to
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Church Splits and The Filioque Clause
Some estimates claim there are 45,000+ different Christian denominations globally. This number of denominations is often used by atheists as proof that Christianity is false because Christians can’t agree on what is true. Some estimates claim there are 2.5 billion Christians globally. I would contend that if you interviewed each of them about their full
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Beliefs and Creeds
I have attended so many different churches with so many different beliefs. The really great thing about my early days is that my family and most of the churches in the towns saw each other as brothers and sisters even though they participated in different communities with different “negotiable” beliefs. In college, I had grown
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The Early Days
I grew up in a small town in southwestern PA called Markleysburg. The length of the town was less than a mile long and about a half mile width. The population when I grew up was around 350. Today the population is around 280. The poverty rate is 26.1%. Over a quarter of the residents