Posts from July 2025

I came across this old article from Wes McAdams this week and thought it was another worth publishing here. This is an argument I have made multiple times since I have been here, but it is worth noting again. His second point of application is particularly pertinent; if it seems that a lot of articles lately have been related to assembling, engagement, involvement—well, it’s because they have been. Perhaps one of them will sink in. As always, I encourage you…

This is another article by Wes McAdams, whose writings I have often reprinted and commended in this space. Check out “Radically Christian,” his substack, for more great content. I believe this one certainly presents something for us to think about. -BP For many Christians, the worship assembly feels like a “duty,” in the worst sense of the word. Coming to the worship assembly is something they feel they must do, but not something they enjoy doing. This has left many…

Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb through the middle of the street of the city; also, on either side of the river, the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. No longer will there be anything accursed, but the throne of God…

There is a sense in which this kind of article is sort of misplaced in a bulletin; after all, you are here! But sometimes we see this same sort of reasoning by those who are on the periphery, disengaged, barely involved in the work and worship of the church—“here,” but only just, and rarely at that. If that applies to you, I hope you will consider this article from Wes McAdams. As always, you can find more of his writing…