
Amy McLaughlin
07/21/2010 -
Brad East
07/18/2010 - Theology is notoriously difficult to define. Many have claimed that theology, taken literally, is simply any and all talk about God. And to some extent we ought to allow this straightforward understanding: certainly to be a Christian, and in a sense to be human at all, is to engage in theological practice. All of life, it may be said, is a kind of grappling with how to speak—not to mention what that speech entails in day-to-day living — about, and to, God. . . .
Jordan Wesley
07/14/2010 - “That there is something unfolding in the universe whether one speaks of it as an unconscious process, or whether one speaks of it as some unmoved mover, or whether someone speaks of it as a personal God. There is something in the universe that unfolds for justice and so in Montgomery we felt somehow that as we struggled we had a cosmic companionship. And this was one of the things that kept the people together, the belief that the universe is on the side of justice.” ~ Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, June 4th, 1957, at the University of California at Berkley ... Extraordinary persons such as Mother Teresa press us to stare into the eyes of grotesque inequities, and in the humanity of this abstract pursuit of justice, we find a cosmic companion, the one behind and before the struggle for justice. . . .
Ryan Woods
07/11/2010 - I tried to be a missionary once. I failed. For two years I spent time in a ghetto suburb of Lisbon, Portugal trying to save the world. The world did not get saved. As a matter of fact, I did not technically save anybody. I learned to love soccer, I spent time with teenagers and homeless men, and I grew my hair out. But missionaries are supposed to grow churches, see hordes of people come to Jesus, and perfect their altar calls. I did none of those. I helped my Angolan musician friend Rey Kuango write lyrics in English. I fed homeless folk and saw a community of emerge at our church from their ranks. I provided a place to stay for my friend Nikko away from his cockroach-infested home where his light fixture consisted of a light bulb and two wires that he shoved into the outlet. But I never performed an altar call. Being a missionary is nearly one of the hardest things I have ever done. But it was nothing compared to what it prepared me for later in my life of ministry. . . .
Sara Barton
07/07/2010 - When I was asked to edit an issue of New Wineskins, therefore, I knew that I wanted to invite young thinkers to contribute to the theme, What Really Matters? Every writer who contributed to this issue (besides myself) is younger than thirty. Our conversations over email, through Facebook messages, and in text messages, have been what I hoped they would be. They have been centered on what matters in the lives of those who profess Jesus as Lord in our postmodern world. They have been about loving God and loving others. . . .
Previous Issue - 'Patternism'
Diagnosis before Treatment: Seeking Peace in our Splintered Family (Nick Gill - 04/10/2010)
Hosanna - Jesus, Save Us! - A Pattern We Cannot Imitate (Charme Robarts - 04/08/2010)
A Living Presence, Not A Legal Pattern (by Charles Prince - 04/06/2010)
Patternism in Adventism (Jim Ayars - 04/04/2010)
Pursuing a Pattern of Personal Holiness (Rick Presley - 04/02/2010)
A Pattern to Lean On (Tim Woodroof - 03/31/2010)
How It Happened: Some Historical Perspective (Edward Fudge - 03/28/2010)
Beware the Pattern! (Jay Guin - 03/25/2010)
Patternism in Churches of Christ: A Template for Sin (Royce Ogle - 03/23/2010)
Pondering Patternism (Al Maxey - 03/21/2010)
About This Issue (Edward Fudge, Guest Editor - 03/19/2010)
Rachel Cox Henderson
07/25/2010 -
Eric Noah-Wilson
07/02/2010 - Our team met in Nashville at the end of June and decided that it was time to take a fresh look at ZOE. Much has changed in our world and in our churches since our beginning in 1997. We needed to seriously consider the possibility that ZOE might have run its time and course and that we needed to celebrate what God has done and end the ministry. After a long and passionate discussion we all felt strongly that God was not finished with ZOE yet. We still face some daunting challenges, most notably how to keep things going in a struggling economy. But we're determined to try. . . .
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Family Notes - 7/28/2010
Edward Fudge
07/29/2010 - Trust Among Leadership | Book Notes | Quotable | Upcoming Schedule
The New Testament Church
Edward Fudge
07/25/2010 - An Advent Christian pastor writes, "I keep hearing from fellow ministers that we need to become a first-century or New Testament church. Does not the New Testament show the first-century churches to be just as fraught with problems as churches today?"
What Is Saving Faith? (2)
Edward Fudge
07/20/2010 - A gracEmail subscriber asks, "What is saving faith? What does it look like? Why is it important?"
What Is Saving Faith? (1)
Edward Fudge
07/18/2010 - A gracEmail subscriber asks, "What is saving faith? What does it look like? Why is it important?"
Texas Gospel Partners Needed This Weekend
Edward Fudge
07/17/2010 - This weekend is critical in Texas as Costco Wholesale Stores test two new Christian books in their Texas stores and decide whether to expand them to their stores nationwide. The books are THE DIVINE RESCUE (by me), and TALKING BACK TO GOD (by our friend Lynn Anderson).

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