Essays on Church—Ordinary Christianity for the World

A Christian pastor, changed by the love of Christ, wrestles with the world.

Written over 20 years, published in 2020, 385 pgs. Essays on Church—Ordinary Christianity for the World, contains most of the articles that have been on my website (www.Pilgrim-Platform.org) over many years. They are included here to provide hard copy and to preserve them. They provide my thoughts and experiences of the Christian church as a pastor with more than forty years of ministry behind me. Here you will find a series of essays that are intended to be helpful to churches now and in the future. Many church members today will wonder what my problem is. The main problem is that too many church members today don’t see the problem. They are content with their church as it is.

They likely think that the church has always been like it is today, and faithfulness means keeping it the way it is. But this is not true. The church is quite different than it used to be. Many fundamentally leaning Christians believe that we need to return to the way the Early Church was, which is amazing when you read Paul’s letters. Paul was always chastising the church for its faithlessness and problems. History doesn’t flow backward. God’s intentions for His church have always been future directed. God is working on the future, and to this effort these essays are directed.

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