Taking Steps to Reach the Nones

An article from the 2/15/17 Weekly Update by Tim Keller Over the past few weeks we’ve been examining the significant growth nationally in the number of people who identify themselves as “Nones” in surveys about religious affiliation. This response communicates that they have no connection to any organized religious group/church and they personally doubt the existence of God. What does […]

Reaching the Nones

An article from the 2/8/17 Weekly Update by Tim Keller Last week we took a look at the “Nones.” They are the increasingly frequent individuals who identify as having no religious affiliation and who doubt the very existence of God. The question we asked ourselves was how the Church can move in the direction of the “Nones” and actually minister […]

Nones

An article from the 2/1/17 Weekly Update by Tim Keller Nones. According to a recent study by Duke University, they are growing in numbers. They are self-identified as “Nones”, meaning that they are not affiliated with any religion. Some are Atheists, some are agnostic, all are uncertain if God really exists. Just to give a bit of perspective, there are […]

Fingerprints

An article from the 1/25/17 Weekly Update by Tim Keller Some of the best crime dramas on television discover the truth by looking for fingerprints. They’re not always obvious and apparently you have to develop a trained eye to be able to see them. When you finally discover them and trace them backwards it becomes possible to know where to […]

Linger at the Manger

An article from the 1/11/17 Weekly Update by Tim Keller The tree has been taken down and dragged to the street to be picked up in the coming days. The decorations have been removed and only a few rapidly aging cookies bear witness to the vast array of foods that filled our kitchen table over the course of the past […]

CAC’s Super Bowl

An article from the 1/4/17 Weekly Update by Tim Keller Each year football fans and non-football fans alike look forward to a single day when the best of the National Football League come together to play a game. In addition to crowning a champion, the game celebrates the entire season of hard work, excitement and football. It’s an event that […]

Jesus Did You Know?

article from the 12/21/16 Weekly Update by Tim Keller Jesus left heaven to come to earth to die for our sins. He did just that; and it was awesome, but it wasn’t easy. Being in human form was not an entirely new experience for Jesus. He had made several appearances as a man in the Old Testament. This, however, was […]

Hey Joe, What Do You Know?

An article from the 12/14/16 Weekly Update by Tim Keller Last week we recapped the story of Mary and her very real encounter with God at the time of the announcement of her pregnancy. The story was real, even raw. Joseph’s experience wasn’t exactly a stroll in the park. Joseph was a righteous and godly man who was engaged to a […]

Mary Did You Know?

Article from the 12/7/16 Weekly Update by Tim Keller Have you ever had one of those days when an angel appeared to you, interrupted your life and sent it on a rollercoaster ride of emotion and struggle? No? Me either. One of the problems with dusting off the Christmas story every 365 days is that with each passing stroke of […]

Big Bills

From the 11/2/16 Weekly Update by Tim Keller The other day I was sitting at a large conference table in a room filled with pastors as the district superintendent shared a devotional from Colossians 1:17. The words of the Apostle Paul rang out, “He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.” He then explained that the […]