By Mark Wingfield In a world of “Ten Steps to Effective Christian Living” sermons, what’s happened to allowing some room for the mysterious ways of God? The self-help mentality that has invaded churches may have produced the unintended consequence of…
Reflections on CBF General Assembly
It’s no secret that I’ve been a friendly critic of the apparent lack of clear direction afflicting the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship in recent years. A challenging column of mine published in another Baptist news journal last year elicited everything from…
Contemporary worship no salvation for all
By Mark Wingfield Here’s an underreported factoid: Throwing out tradition and trying to “go contemporary” has failed in as many or more established churches as it has succeeded. That’s right, contemporary worship hasn’t saved every church that has given…