The Missing Cross: A Different Grace

Ever find yourself going from link to link and reading  countless articles on some blog to avoid working?  I recently spent about 45 minutes on the Huffington Post doing that, and it was pretty eye-opening. They were all  on their "Religion" section and all related to Christian faith.  But in a really different way than a generic evangelical like me is accustomed to.

I'm not really recommending - or denigrating - any particular articles, ideas or writers. When I step back and take a global view though, two things stood out to me:

Ordination of Women?

I've been preaching a series of sermons on issues and questions that people often ask me about as we sit together over coffee.  Those are often times that I speak to the uniqueness of the Gospel of Grace and how that plays out in the ministry of Christ Covenant as well as matters of real life.

This past Sunday - January 16, 2011 - I addressed the question of women in positions of ministry leadership, which for me as a Presbyterian means Elder or pastor.