by Tim Fountain | Feb 23, 2020 | Academia, Bible Study, Church Growth, Go to Church, Jesus, Spirituality, The Gospel
No, not Election as the multigazillion dollar board game to gain control of the imperial city on the Potomac, or Election the deep, prayerful and absolutely always fruitful effort to snap up a Bishop from those dancing ’round the mitre tree. Election, as in the...
by Tim Fountain | Dec 22, 2019 | Bible Study, Garden-Variety Malaise, Go to Church, Jesus, Spirituality, The Gospel
…is waiting for you on the wide and comfy path to hell. We lump gossip in with cute human foibles that aren’t that big a deal. Spreading rumors is on a continuum somewhere between talking during a movie and double dipping a chip in the communal salsa. But...
by Tim Fountain | Dec 8, 2019 | Anglicans, Jesus, The Gospel
Some disclaimers before I launch: 1) Although I’m going to point at a special mission field, this is emphatically NOT some “you have to have this ministry or Jesus isn’t really present in your church” stuff. Not every congregation can make...
by Tim Fountain | Oct 31, 2019 | Bible Study, Daily Office, Jesus
…the sons of Zebedee!” I just noticed (only been reading the Bible for > five decades, but hey, I’m slow) that the mother of the sons of Zebedee was named in that group of women who showed the loyalty and endurance to be at the crucifixion of...
