by Doug Hammack | Sep 7, 2012 | Uncategorized
Five hundred years ago, Isaac Newton really upset the Church’s applecart with his little formula; F=ma. His formula symbolized a radical update of our basic understanding of the nature of things. “Force is equal to Mass times Acceleration” has a profound implication....
by Doug Hammack | Sep 5, 2012 | Uncategorized
When good church folk try and figure out why our churches are shrinking and getting older, we usually blame society. The bad people, the bad influences, the sinful nature of things… these are why we’re in decline. I don’t think so. I think we’re shrinking and aging...
by Doug Hammack | Sep 3, 2012 | Uncategorized
Lots of folks have been leaving the Christian church for some time now; especially young people. Why do you suppose? I ask a lot of young people that question. They say a lot of things, but standing back, the recurring theme comes down to one thing. Their universe is...
by Doug Hammack | Aug 8, 2012 | Uncategorized
As mentioned in the last post, there are legitimate civil issues brought up by the Chick Fil-A episode that ought to be part of civil discourse: can government agents grant or deny permits on the basis of unpopular speech? can an open society put limits on how the...
by Doug Hammack | Aug 6, 2012 | Uncategorized
The Chick Fil-A hoopla brings up some important socio-political issues that are worthy of discussion. However, we can’t discuss them very well until we have another, more foundational, discussion. In the last post, I talked about the “circle-the-wagons,” “us...
by Doug Hammack | Aug 3, 2012 | Uncategorized
I hadn’t seen the news for a couple of weeks, so I didn’t know about the Chick Fil-A hoopla until one of the people in our community posted about how sad she was that so many were being un-invited to the table. (thank you Sarah). I posted something like this to...
