Obedience to God

The Receipts and the Redline That Was Never Drawn A plumb line needs a wall. Hang it beside a house with no walls and it…

By Jeff Bayard There was a time when many Americans thought the word communism was too strong, and communism in America was not a threat….

The Verdict of Scripture and the Ledger They Kept A ledger is a patient thing. It does not argue with the entry. It does not…

A plumb line does not argue. It hangs from a fixed point and it waits. Every wall in the world is free to lean; the…

Luther said his conscience was captive to the words of God. In 2009 this church said its conscience was free to conclude otherwise — and…

They did not abandon Luther. They quoted him — and reversed the one thing he would not move. The Church and the Christian Church •…

They did not delete the old teaching. They kept it on the page — and voted to strip it of its authority. The Church and…

They did not just vote. They lowered the bar so the vote could clear it — and wrote that down too. The Church and the…

The affirming case at its strongest — welcome, love, sacred worth — and the Scripture that answers it. The Church and the Christian Church •…

Reading the Redline of the 2024 Book of Discipline For years it was called dialogue, listening, a wider table. Then the church set its old…

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