Renewal Through Humility
It is still the only way forward. What is the greatest need among assemblies today? A variety of answers might be given to that question, but certainly one of them would be the subject of leadership, its form and quality. We seem...
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A Refreshing Saint
Do you like to meet a refreshing saint? Onesiphorus was declared by Scripture to be a refreshment to the great apostle Paul. What a blessed testimony! His name means “profit bringer” and he lived up to it, for he was...
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Climb the Mountain
A regular and much appreciated contributor to Uplook writes about the uphill road. "You have to be committed”—that’s what he said. We were climbing Mt. Sneffels, one of Colorado’s great mountains, 14,150 feet tall. I was talking with a friend as...
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Soliloquy While Fishing
The warm sun shines down on contented figures sitting on the fantail of the small fishing boat. It’s warm, peaceful, quiet. I can almost touch the little trolling motor without moving, yet can hardly hear its pulsing beat as it...
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So What?
Statistics have their place, I suppose, but don’t lose your way in the number mumbo-jumbo. Like kudzu, the oriental vine creeping its way across the landscape of the southeastern U.S., statistics are crawling into every area of our lives. Nothing seems beyond...
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Keeping Unspotted
You may find it hard to believe, but I’m not only old enough to remember the “Dick and Jane” readers in the public schools—with their mythic dog, Spot—I can actually remember away back to the days when Christians wrestled over...
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Commitmentphobia
It was at the Vessels of Honor conference in May 1999 at an impromptu Q&A session that I first remember Jabe Nicholson challenging people in their late 20s and early 30s to “grow up.” Reminded of the exploits of young...
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Tongues Speaking Today
We see it in the Bible and we see it in Charismatic churches. Is it the same thing? The most rapidly expanding religious movement in Christendom at present is the Charismatic Movement. The Charismatics (although it is difficult to speak in...
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Incidents from the Life of Christopher Knapp
Written by Mr. Knapp’s son, Thomas, with input from the late Carl Armerding (revised 05/30/04) Christopher Knapp’s parents, German immigrants, settled on a truck farm in the Albany, NY, area. He was one of five sons and a daughter, and was...
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