Category Archives: justice

Unpolluted, Unstained

Posted on October 12, 2010 by stevepvc

Growing up, I got the sense that when the church talked about being “different from the world”, that was more or less code for a fairly defined set of behaviors, things like cussing, drinking, and sexual activity.  (Maybe smoking, but … Continue reading →

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The Destructive Mentalities of a Disengaged Church

Posted on August 24, 2010 by stevepvc

In this series of posts, I’ve been writing about the concept of church mentalities, and particularly the sorts of mentalities that need to be developed if the church is to be meaningfully engaged with the local community. As painful as … Continue reading →

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Mentalities for a Church Engaging the Community

Posted on August 11, 2010 by stevepvc

In part one of this series, I talked about how complicated it can be to develop a particular set of mentalities within the church.  That’s not all that helpful without some concrete examples of what we mean by mentalities. The … Continue reading →

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The Hole in Our Gospel

Posted on June 13, 2010 by stevepvc

It took me a while to get completely through The Hole in Our Gospel by Richard Stearns, but that was really more about my crazy life transition than the book. The book itself is extremely readable, written in a style … Continue reading →

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Cry Out – A Sermon from Exodus 2:23-25

Posted on June 13, 2010 by stevepvc

(This is the first in the Exodus Sermon series. The audio for the entire series is here.) Israel was indeed a nation born of promises.  It was an entire nation that traced its lineage back to one man, Abraham, a … Continue reading →

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The Least

Posted on March 31, 2010 by stevepvc

There are some passages that leave me with a haunting feeling every time  I come across them.  Today, I read this bit in Matthew 25.  I’m going to post it here without much comment, except to say that this is … Continue reading →

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And for the Next Act…

Posted on March 23, 2010 by stevepvc

Now that the absolute mess of the health care debate is moving off-stage, to sounds of celebration and mourning from groups of various advocacy, it appears that Immigration policy is at least going to have a chance to be on … Continue reading →

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Note Regarding Cities of Refuge

Posted on March 23, 2010 by stevepvc

My good friend Jeff Spry sent me this in a note following Sunday’s sermon regarding the cities of refuge (See Joshua 20:1-6): It is amazing to think God entrusted the responsibility of oversight of offenders to the spiritual leaders – … Continue reading →

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