by Dan King | Mar 15, 2024 | engaged in culture
The time around, and shortly after, the Council of Nicaea in 325 was a wild time for Christianity. The Roman Emperor Constantine legalized Christianity in 313 through the Edict of Milan, and eventually made it the official state religion of the Roman Empire. Finally,...
by Dan King | Feb 25, 2024 | authentic christianity, sermons
the reading Mark 8:31-38 Jesus began to teach his disciples that the Son of Man must undergo great suffering, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. He said all this quite openly. And Peter...
by Dan King | Jan 28, 2024 | authentic christianity, sermons
The Reading Mark 1:21-28 Jesus and his disciples went to Capernaum; and when the sabbath came, he entered the synagogue and taught. They were astounded at his teaching, for he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes. Just then there was in their...
by Dan King | Jan 19, 2024 | PRAY, spiritual practice
I was recently asked to pray at the opening of a Board of Directors meeting for my local Chamber of Commerce. It was my first meeting as a board member, which was also the first meeting for the new president for the organization. I was the one asked to pray because...
by Dan King | Jan 5, 2024 | questions, theology and worldviews
Don’t all religions really just point to the same god? It’s easy to see why people would wonder. But they don’t point to the same god. In fact, the gods are all quite different, particularly the Christian God. So, what makes Christianity different...