God seems to be laying a foundation for yet another of His periodic, history-changing interventions in the affairs of man. Over the last two thousand years there have been many such paradigm shifts, and it’s naive to think that our current, settled status quo will somehow be exempt from the unsettling but progressive advance of [...]
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Following God’s Presence
August 2, 2009
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Life, and the sweet presence of God, await us as He simply bids us “come”.
Read moreThe Church in D Pod
July 26, 2009
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This Sunday, like most Sundays, I will be fellowshipping with the “Church in D Pod” at the local jail. D Pod is a unit housing around a hundred men, and God has been pouring out his new wine in an exciting way among those inmates. A couple of months ago, I started shifting my focus [...]
Read moreThe Sunday "God Show" at Your Friendly Podium Church
July 19, 2009
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When did “church” become a podium-focused “God Show” watched by passive spectators for an hour or so each Sunday morning? Where do we even find that in Scripture? I believe that the days of the “podium church” and the Sunday “God show”are passing — where we gaze each Sunday past the back of the head [...]
Read moreNew Wine Sucks
July 7, 2009
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As God brings forth new wine in a new generation, there’s a fundamental dynamic that can’t be ignored. To put it bluntly, new wine sucks! In my younger days, I was an amateur wine maker. So I know what Jesus means when he says, “no one, having drunk old wine, immediately desires new; for he [...]
Read moreThe Charismatic Movement is Dead
July 5, 2009
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On June 30, 2009, no less an authority than J. Lee Grady, the editor of Charisma Magazine, declared that “the Charismatic Movement is dead.”
Read moreNew Wine And Old Skins
July 1, 2009
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Here’s an interesting article, reprinted below, on how people will stick to what they believe or think even in the face of contrary facts or circumstances. As I’ve watched people react to challenges and controversies over the last couple of months, and to God bursting old wine skins as he brings forth new wine, I can [...]
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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".
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- A Hollow Gospel
- The Mythology of Tithing
- Rethinking Missions
- Participatory Church
- Ordained to Fail
- Pimping the Gospel
- Dealing With Church Leadership Abuse
- Sufficient Grace
- Confronting Abusive Pastors, Part 2: How Should We React?
- Confronting Abusive Pastors, Part 4: Civil and Criminal Law
- Jesus at the Fringes
- 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
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