[As you can see, this is a multi-post theme and if you might find it helpful to begin at the beginning.] An Outer Circle Church doesn’t so sanitize their church that the unsanitary feel unwanted and unwelcome. “People are dying in Africa because they don’t have the $3 mosquito nets that would prevent malaria, while …
Outer Circle Churches (Part 3 of 6ish)
[As you can see, this is a multi-post theme and if you might find it helpful to begin at the beginning.] An Outer Circle Church views the poor as people and don’t care that much about how they got that way. “Of all the preposterous things nothing exceeds the criticisms of the habits of the …
Outer Circle Churches (Part 2 of 6ish)
[As you can see, this is a multi-post theme and you might find it helpful to begin at the beginning. And the “ish” – well, that’s because I don’t really know long this is going to be. Every time I think I’m done, I think of something else to say. The curse of the preacher …
Outer Circle Churches (Part 1 of 6)
The Church is at her best when she specializes in outcasts – the more outrageous brand of outcasts the better. This is the kind of church I call an “Outer Circle Churches,” which are made up of “Outer Circle Christians,” the title of a recent essay I posted on Luke 15. Here’s a Readers Digest …
Outer Circle Christians (Part 6 of 6)
[The final piece of this topic on Outer Circle Christians. You'll find the entire essay here...] “Or suppose a woman has ten silver coins and loses one. Doesn’t she light a lamp, sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it? And when she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors together and …
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