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What's Hampering Our Congregations?

Byempower March 31, 2016

By Steve Kindle It’s almost impossible for a congregation to spiritually thrive in America. The American ethos is constructed to oppose it at almost every turn. According to the apostle Paul and the witness of the Book Acts, New Testament churches were egalitarian societies—societies whose chief concern was the well-being of the community. Everyone…

Can the Great Religions be vehicles of salvation for their followers? —NO

Byempower January 7, 2016

[EDITOR’S NOTE: This post is part of our series on controversial questions. A NO post will normally follow a YES post. Join in by posting your comments.] by H. Van Dyke Parunak, Ph.D. This question rests on a more fundamental issue: What is the source of our knowledge about spiritual issues? In general, there are…