Yale University historian Harry S. Stout identified the dominant influence in colonial New England as the local church. In his book, The New England Soul:  Preaching and Religious Culture in New England, he reveals that the local pastor wielded great authority in the early communities across America precisely because his sermons were heard and later

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O Lord, make me know my end and what is the measure of my days; let me know how fleeting I am! Behold, you have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely all mankind stands as a mere breath! —Psalm 39:4-5 Having worked at a funeral home

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One of the most famous images of the United States Naval Academy is not the dome of the chapel, the Tecumseh statue on the Yard or the beauty of Bancroft Hall. The Men’s Glee Club is, by far, one of the most powerful sights and sounds of an institution that demands physical fitness, fortitude and

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For the uninitiated, summer camp at Falls Creek Baptist Conference Center is a place where ideas of the Gospel and missions and Jesus and the church seemingly and almost effortlessly flow from the lips of people who seem to appear (at least on the surface) quite perfect. Seldom do you find someone who is not

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Not since the end of Great Britain’s Victorian age had such terror gripped the Western world like it would after Sept. 11, 2001. Twenty-first Century terrorism brought with it new challenges for many modern nations, and the motive of the terrorists’ actions seemed to have been simmering for years before erupting in a religious rage.

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How is it possible that the Gospel should be credible, that people should come to believe that the power which has the last word in human affairs is represented by a man hanging on a cross? I am suggesting that the only answer, the only hermeneutic of the Gospel, is a congregation of men and

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