Joe LaGuardia’s new book, Awe and Trembling: Reflections for the Christian Journey, is scheduled to be released in late May. As an anthology of articles and homilies from the Baptist Spirituality archives, the book encourages, inspires, and deepens a life of faith and our pilgrimage with God. This article, originally released in 2013, is included in the book.Continue reading “Giving the Invitation”
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God speaks; we must respond
Like so many churches in the South, our church still has a time of invitation after the sermon every Sunday. It usually consists of an altar call or some call to reflect on the service along with a moving song, “Trust and Obey” and the like. Although the time of invitation seems a bit antiquated–aContinue reading “God speaks; we must respond”