Today I preached my fifth sermon as the Interim Senior Minister of First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in downtown Fort Worth, Texas (you can learn more about this new role here). Sermon My Easter message, “Living as Easter People” is based on Matthew 28:1-10. You can watch the sermon below or read the manuscript. Excerpt Theologians have amazingly complex and largely unsatisfying answers to all of these questions and to others we might ask. There is not one Read More …
Craig Barnes
Viewing the Bible as Holy (#0576)
M. Craig Barnes is the Robert Meneilly Professor of Pastoral Ministry at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and the Pastor of Shadyside Presbyterian Church in Pittsburgh, PA. His "Faith Matters" article in the December 13, 2011 edition of the Christian Century explores how his view of the Bible developed over time. It includes these words: The more I understand about the Bible's dust-and-grit humanity, the more holy it becomes to me. Long after I'd left behind my Read More …