“And He was also telling them a parable: ‘No one tears a piece of cloth from a new garment and puts it on an old garment; otherwise he will both tear the new, and the piece from the new will not match the old. And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the new […]
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The Problem of Wineskins
This quote from Howard A. Snyder’s now classic book, The Problem of Wineskins: Church Structure in a Technological Age, shows us a couple things: 1) Smarter people than myself (i.e., Howard) have been talking about what’s wrong with the church for a long time (published in 1977), and 2) It’s nothing new for the “wineskins” of […]
Continue readingAsleep in the Light?
On April 9, 1982, I very reluctantly responded to an altar call, putting my faith in Jesus Christ for eternal life. There are two things I want to highlight in that statement: “Very reluctantly” “Altar call” I say “very reluctantly” because I knew enough to know that believing in Jesus Christ meant more than just receiving an amazing, […]
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