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Is going to church necessary?
I don’t go to church anymore. I’ve been hurt too many times. Is church necessary? Yes, it is — and not just for the…
Read MoreAuthor Israel Steinmetz
Israel Steinmetz is dean of Academic Affairs for Artios Christian College and pastors New Hope United Church in San Antonio, TX, where he lives with his wife Anna and their eight children. In addition to teaching, Israel is a prolific writer, having co-authored four books and contributed over fifty feature articles to the Bible Advocate. Committed to lifelong learning, Israel holds a Bachelors in Pastoral Ministry, a Master of Divinity, Master of Arts in Theological Studies and is pursuing the Doctor of Ministry from Fuller Theological Seminary.
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Called Out, Sent Out
What is the nature and mission of the church? This is a huge question, but we can start to answer it by envisioning the church…
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Kingdom Loyalties
Dietrich Bonhoeffer begins his classic Life Together with these words: It is not simply to be taken for granted that the Christian has the privilege…
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“Foot Washing: Empty Ritual or Full Symbol?”
by Israel Steinmetz From an outsider’s view, Christianity is full of strange rituals. Even in non-liturgical churches like ours there is plenty of strangeness. We…
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The Baptized Life
I was baptized by my father and another minister in a frigid northern California mountain stream at a campmeeting site we affectionately called Heaven’s Hill.…
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The Ministry You’re Already Doing: The Top 4 Ministry Myths
I’d love to be involved in a ministry. My life is just so crazy right now. Or perhaps you think you don’t have the skills/gifts…
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The Whore and the Bride
Ours is a time of fascination with sexuality and its myriad deviations. The “sexual revolution,” traced to the 1960s in the US, is entering its…
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Jesus on the Sabbath
Growing up in Sabbathkeeping churches, I’ve heard hundreds of sermons dealing, directly or indirectly, with Sabbath. Most of these didn’t say much about…
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Viewpoint: Grace and Truth Quest
What does John mean when he says the only begotten Son of the Father is “full of grace and truth” (1:14)?
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