Some years ago, in the secular political world, there was talk of “bridges to nowhere.” But perhaps this metaphor applies as much to the spiritual realm as elsewhere.

Toward the end of my third month of formal ministry, I became an eyewitness to the event that would change a generation. Twenty years later, it is time to reflect on some of its notable lessons.

A recent article by a prominent denominational scholar voices again the popular claim that Christians are saved solely by the work of Christ outside of the believer, and that while His work inside the believer is necessary and important, it doesn’t save us