Category Archives: church

Senator Obama and the Sunday social

By ElShaddai Edwards | Published: June 2, 2008
Note: I very rarely post on politically related issues and don’t intend to make it a habit. I hope that this post is not taken politically, but as a commentary on the role of church in a Christian’s life. John Hobbins posted an excerpt of Senator Obama’s explanation for resigning as a member from Trinity [...]
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Ecclesiology matrix

By ElShaddai Edwards | Published: May 6, 2008
HT: MetaCatholic A previously unknown (to me) blog, Inhabitatio Dei, has posted an interesting matrix description of ecclesiology, i.e. the study of the Church. The blogger writes: From my perspective there are two basic polarities which define the shape of a given ecclesiology. The first is what I term the High-Low polarity, the second I [...]
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Did you use the Paschal greeting today?

By ElShaddai Edwards | Published: March 23, 2008
I was modestly surprised to read Wikipedia’s account of the Paschal greeting (“Christ is risen”, “He is risen indeed”) in which it states: The Paschal greeting is an Easter custom among Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Christians, as well as among several Roman Catholic and Protestant Christians. I’ve used this greeting on Easter [...]
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Before you leave church on Sunday…

By ElShaddai Edwards | Published: March 21, 2008
As I attempt to recover from an onslaught of work, snow and continued sniping over written indiscretions, allow me to make a humble request for the coming weekend: If your Good Friday or Easter service includes music or other performing arts that touches you and heightens your perceptions in these days of remembrance, will you [...]
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You say “Shibboleth”, I say “Sibboleth”…

By ElShaddai Edwards | Published: March 19, 2008
Wayne Leman has posted an excellent question on the Better Bibles Blog on whether we create shibboleths, or exclusive social groups, within Christianity or the church by which Bible translation we carry around with us: Maslow claimed that one of the most basic human needs is the desire to belong, to be part of a [...]
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Paul is not writing to you!

By ElShaddai Edwards | Published: March 1, 2008
Brilliant. The mantra (“Corporate, corporate, corporate… Paul is not writing to you!“) of a former teacher is ringing in my ears after viewing this 5-minute clip of a Gordon Fee lecture/sermon on “Being the People of God in Unity and Community”, set to visuals. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgNmr8nvNgY] It is so easy to slip into an individualistic interpretation [...]
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Brother Yun: Back to Jerusalem

By ElShaddai Edwards | Published: February 17, 2008
We had a powerful presentation at church today from Brother Yun, a representative of the Back to Jerusalem organization and former pastor within the underground house church movement in China that claims 130 million Christians. The Back to Jerusalem group’s goal is to complete the Great Commission by preaching the gospel from China back to [...]
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Finding a label for the past…

By ElShaddai Edwards | Published: February 8, 2008
**Update** I’ve expanded the opening paragraphs from the original posting to provide a little more context. I also changed the article title to be less negative. On my About page, I wrote that: “I grew up in a non-denominational Christian church and never paid any attention to doctrine, creed or theological issues, if such things [...]
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Who’s at the center of your worship?

By ElShaddai Edwards | Published: January 11, 2008
HT: ECC Worship Blog Craig A. Satterlee has written an article on Characteristics of Christian Worship for The Alban Institute, evidently an agent for change in American congregational life. Christians and congregations bring a host of assumptions about what constitutes Christian worship with them to the service. Rather than allowing these assumptions to catch us [...]
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Marriage, Children and the Reign of Christ

By ElShaddai Edwards | Published: January 9, 2008
In Luke 20, Jesus is confronted by Pharisees and Sadducees, all of whom try to entrap him with clever questions designed to make him choose a position opposite of their own, so that they could be justified in bringing about his death. After the scribes and chief priests fail to trap Jesus on a question [...]
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  • Words wither and blogs fade away…

    Forgive me if you’ve heard this song before, but I've decided to stop blogging at He is Sufficient. I truly appreciate all of the wit, wisdom and words of faith that you have shared with me over the past few years. I wish you well in all of your endeavors, whatever they may be and wherever they may lead you. “God is sufficient for the needs of His people”. Amen!