Then how is it, brothers? When you come together, ONLY ONE of you can have a psalm, a teaching, a tongue, a revelation, an interpretation….
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A Multilingual Jesus
January 16, 2012
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God speaks to some subjectively, and to others objectively, and each often forgets that Jesus is multilingual.
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Planting Churches
January 3, 2012
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I’m not sure why we make planting churches so complicated. It really isn’t. Here’s a recent story from the local jail.
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Room at the Inn
December 24, 2011
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This Christmas, the question yet remains: Is there still no room at the inn? Take a chance. Embrace the Joseph’s and Mary’s of our age.
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Redemption
December 21, 2011
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If Jesus doesn’t work for the worst of us, then He works for none of us.
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Ekklesia as Escapism
December 19, 2011
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Too often, we say it’s all about Jesus, when in reality we create Jesus in our own image – shaped by our hurts from the wrongs we have suffered – and use Him to justify our safely-ensconced retreat into self-constructed cocoons.
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I Am Content
December 15, 2011
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A poem of sorts to express my gratitude to the Lord and my love to my wife, Marianne.
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About Justice
December 8, 2011
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Jesus comforted the afflicted, and afflicted the comfortable.
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Christ Chapel: Pastoral Sex Abuse
December 2, 2011
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Eventually, the truth comes out as people see with their own eyes the lies, victim-blaming and arrogance that surface when a church and its senior leadership desperately try to deny responsibility for repeated instances of pastoral sexual abuse.
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The Mythology of Tithing
November 26, 2011
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In the 13th century, an increasingly complex and self-serving ecclesiastical hierarchy started to adopt the Old Testament tithe to fund their huge cathedrals and support other unbiblical prerogatives they were increasingly assuming for themselves.
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Old Covenant Church
November 25, 2011
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Why are most churches Old Covenant, rather than New Covenant?
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November 23, 2011
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Too often, we forget that there is a context to grace, mercy and love.
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The Road to Grace
November 21, 2011
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For the religious, the road to grace is the toughest journey they’ll ever face. But slowly, I’m finally starting to find it.
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Ordained to Fail
November 16, 2011
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Those who take on the mantle of “Pastor” are operating within a framework, and on assumptions and traditions, that God never ordained.
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A Hollow Gospel
November 14, 2011
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Broken lives and real people are inconvenient and demand more than your hollow gospel and podium-oriented focus can give. But praise God, you have great meetings!
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Herman Cain
November 9, 2011
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As Christians, we must speak truth to power, but with integrity and without applying double standards!
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The Question of Leadership
October 31, 2011
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We do it all backwards. We expect fellowship to emerge from leaders. In God’s providence, leaders emerge from fellowship.
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Going Organic
October 27, 2011
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Going to enjoy a sermon and the worship team in an institutional church is like going to McDonald’s, while forming community and participating in organic church is like cultivating and enjoying a healthy, wonderful garden.
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Crossing Jordan
October 24, 2011
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For many who leave the institutional church, there is a season where we react to things not out of freedom, but rather out of not wanting to to be like the institutional church. When we remain in a reactive mode, however, we remain in bondage to our institutional church experiences.
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Silence = Death
October 21, 2011
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To those who have been violated, and to those who know, may God give you the grace to find the voice they took from you.
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I Saw Satan Fall
October 20, 2011
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Confession, forgiveness and repentance have become forgotten ordinances that we have twisted into ineffective spiritual abstractions. As a result, most churches have lost the ability to meaningfully administer those graces today.
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Starve the Beast
October 17, 2011
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People are cutting back as they see how their tithes and offerings are typically misused by churches. It seems that folks are fed up with all the money grubbing for ego-buildings, staff who are increasingly detached from real ministry, and life-sucking programs that don’t really advance the Kingdom of God.
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Narcissists with Power
October 9, 2011
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I’ve finally come to realize that the most dangerous people, and the most charming, are narcissists with power.
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Wall Street Protests
October 6, 2011
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On the one hand, I reject the anti-capitalist goals of the Occupy Wall Street protestors, and their implicit “entitlement” message. But on the other hand, I agree that the government – Democrats and Republicans alike – bailed out the rich and the privileged at the expense of every one else.
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Limousine Liberals
October 5, 2011
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One afternoon a liberal congressman – well known for supporting expensive budget busting government programs to “help” the poor – was riding in his limousine when he saw two men along the roadside eating grass. Disturbed, he ordered his driver to stop so he could investigate….
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October 1, 2011
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If we deny that God speaks and acts today in vibrant, direct and personal ways, and if we try to box Him in by claiming that He only speaks through Scripture, then how are we different from Muslims?
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Interview with God
September 30, 2011
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A friend posted this on Facebook, and it’s so very true…
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Tidy Whitey
September 28, 2011
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Why is it that white, middle-class suburban Christians persist in acting as though God is white, middle-class suburban?
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Hypocrisy and Courage
September 10, 2011
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If we don’t value the sexuality of our young enough to expose and stop leaders who have become sexual thieves, then why should we expect our young to also value sexual integrity?
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Beauty from Ashes
September 9, 2011
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I take on pastoral sex abuse cases not only because I believe in justice, but because I also believe in redemption. Often, I have the privilege of seeing God’s grace shine through as healing comes and the survivors begin to find the strength to reclaim their lives – and their stolen voices.
Read moreAbuse, Church, Grace, Gratetude, Healing, Justice, Mercy, Pain, Redemption, Woundedness
Mentoring Entrepreneurs
September 4, 2011
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Here’s a TV program that’s been airing in our area about one of the ministries in which I’m involved. I, and others, have been mentoring and working with folks who are gifted with entrepreneurial aptitude. Our focus is helping them start and grow new businesses, based on solid, real-world experience and sound Biblical principles.
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Teacher, pilot, foe of tyrants, world traveler, passionate, attorney, entrepreneur, friend of the dispossessed, Christian, thinker, reluctant counselor, occasional mentor, brother in the Lord, adequate cook, pretty good host and so-so bass fisherman.According to the internet tracking service Networked Blogs, Crossroad Junction is among the top 100 blogs worldwide on "Christianity" and also among the top 100 on "faith".
As a friend said on Facebook, "I don't write things people need to know. I share things. If people care, they comment." I invite you to care.
I also invite you to contact me at Fulcrum Ministries.
- A Hollow Gospel
- The Mythology of Tithing
- Rethinking Missions
- Participatory Church
- Ordained to Fail
- Dealing With Church Leadership Abuse
- Sufficient Grace
- Pimping the Gospel
- Confronting Abusive Pastors, Part 2: How Should We React?
- Confronting Abusive Pastors, Part 4: Civil and Criminal Law
- The Priesthood of All Believers
- We Have Met the Enemy
- A Multilingual Jesus
- Planting Churches
- Room at the Inn
- Redemption
- Ekklesia as Escapism
- I Am Content
- About Justice
- Christ Chapel: Pastoral Sex Abuse
- Tom Schultz: It is even more frustrating in assemblies that cla...
- Tom Schultz: It is a source of continual amazement that what yo...
- Susan: I tried it one time - 20 years ago I was given a p...
- Frank Coleman: EXCELLENT!!!...
- Bruce Dickey: Four years ago this month I left organized Christi...
- Susan: maybe 'faith/self-help' is aimed at those who can'...
- : amen!...
- JON: Reminds me of a Dee Hock statement in his book Bir...
- diospsytrek: agree!!!! ~ agree!!!! ~ God kicks our butts thru t...
- Survivor Girl007: To Anonymous: If clergy sexual abuse were deemed ...
