Over the last several weeks, I have had several conversations centering on the topic of legalism.  Each conversation/discussion has taken place in a different context, and with different people, but the general theme remains the same… Legalism – what it is, and maybe more accurately, what it isn’t – can be a confusing issue.  I am guessing that it is probably something that …

“‘Sanctification is a progressive work of God and man that makes us more and more free from sin and like Christ in our actual lives.’ That’s the goal of the Christian life, isn’t it?  Increasing freedom from sin and increasing resemblance to Jesus.  Small groups provide an ideal context for this to occur.  Not every small group is intent on …

As I turned on my computer this morning to check e-mail, and some of my regular blogs, Steven Curtis Chapman’s song “When Love Takes You In,” began playing.  This is the song he wrote after adopting their first daughter, Shaohannah, from China.  As I clicked over to my iGoogle page and began to scroll through the updated blogs, I noticed that several …