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Beyond Evangelical? (Part 2)
February 21, 2012
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What Frank Viola and other “Beyond Evangelical” proponents seem to miss is this: A truly authentic Jesus will be expressed through us to all aspects of life, culture, and history – both relationally and propositionally. And sometimes, what Jesus has to propositionally say to society may offend, even though we may not be acting offensively.
Read more Beyond Evangelical? (Part 1)
February 20, 2012
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The spirit of this age – at least in the West – is post-modernity, which views reality as subjective and truth (if it even exists) as individual and relative. Post-modernity is not all bad, but neither is it Christ!
Read more 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.
Read more Grace, Mercy and Love
November 23, 2011
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Too often, we forget that there is a context to grace, mercy and love.
Read moreJesus, the Living Word
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?
Read moreConfronting Abusive Pastors, Part 3: A Mandatory Public Reprimand
May 29, 2011
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What if an unrepentant leader’s sin is public and brings reproach on the church, or is an abuse of his position of trust and power in the church? Then he must be openly rebuked as a public warning to all – no exceptions! 1 Timothy 5 teaches this.
Read moreThe Great Divide: Biblical Absolutes and Relativism
November 12, 2010
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What is true, what is beautiful, and what is moral? The great divide in Western culture today is between the nihilism of post-modernity and the transcendent values of Biblical Christianity.
Read moreScientific Faith
May 19, 2010
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Whether or not you believe in the “Big Bang”, it is worth noting that it requires belief in an initial “singularity” of zero volume with infinite density and infinite energy. The dictates of the Big Bang theory, therefore, mandate faith in nothing which nonetheless contained everything. Why is belief in something so impossible under current [...]
Read moreReboot
March 15, 2010
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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 [...]
Read moreRegeneration
November 2, 2009
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A friend posted this short video on Facebook and it’s too precious, timely and relevant to pass up. As you listen, may God mercifully and lovingly wound you in order to heal you. It’s by Paul Washer, who I first mentioned in a blog back in March (see God Is Not Passive). His burden for [...]
Read more The Lost Art of Dialogue
October 18, 2009
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Our whole paradigm for “doing church” needs to radically shift from monologues delivered from podiums that safely isolate our leaders from effective fellowship.
Read more Evangelical Prophets or Martyrs?
October 6, 2009
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Why do those “on point” for the Kingdom of God increasingly seek refuge from the prevailing pop-theology (or dare I say lack of theology) and me-focused brand of Christianity that animates many of our church leaders and cuts believers off from the great historic doctrines and creeds of our faith?
Read moreThe Challenge of Intercession
August 27, 2009
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The intercessory prayer movement of the last several years is at a crucial junction. Driven by angst over our nation’s declining commitment to basic principles and the growing malaise of our increasingly dysfunctional churches, many Christians are crying out for God’s intervention. What I’ve rarely seen, however, is a matching embrace of effective, transformational repentance [...]
Read more The Growing Idolatry of Civil Government
July 17, 2009
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The issue when it comes to Christians and politics is not conservative verses liberal, but jurisdictional.
Read moreAmerica, Church, Faith, Family, Liberalism, Obama, Politics, Self Government, State, Truth
Fellowship and Light
June 1, 2009
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“This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: But if we walk in the light, as he [...]
Read morePastoral Burnout
April 27, 2009
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Sunday afternoon I attended an authentic fire-from-heaven, slain-in-the-spirit, foot stomp’n, Pentecostal Holy Ghost church service with handkerchief-to-wipe-away-the-sweat-on-the-forehead preaching on — believe it or not — pastoral burnout. Although the topic could be viewed as a “downer”, it actually was a great time of refreshing and renewal!
Read moreRick Warren Disavows Support for Prop. 8
April 24, 2009
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This article (see full text here) confirms my worse fears about Rick Warren, who has shown a troubling tendency to fall into the false trap of thinking that “compromise” is “compassion”. Worse still, he then publicly lied about prior comments he made on the issue of “gay marriage”. The great thing about America is we [...]
Read moreWoundedness
April 21, 2009
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On Sunday I taught men in the jail, using Psalms 116:5-7 (ESV), about moving from woundedness to life. I challenged them not to settle for mere comfort when confronting hurt, but to embrace life instead. Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; our God is merciful. The LORD preserves the simple; when I was brought low, [...]
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Been Hearing God Lately?
March 25, 2009
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Jesus delights in meeting us in the wholeness of our unique humanity.
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- The Mythology of Tithing
- A Hollow Gospel
- Participatory Church
- Rethinking Missions
- Sufficient Grace
- Modern Day Pauls?
- Ordained to Fail
- Beyond Evangelical? (Part 3)
- Pimping the Gospel
- Does Jesus Want You to Vote?
- God in a Box
- Sufficient Grace, Part III
- Fathers and Teachers
- Peeking Through the Cracks
- “Us” and “Them”
- Is There Not a Cause?
- Millennials and Old Farts
- The Fierceness of God
- Sufficient Grace, Part II
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