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October 2011

October 25, 2011

We Can’t Un-Open the Postmodern Box

Adam, a friend on Facebook, sent a couple of questions to me via chat yesterday...

October 24, 2011

Did Jesus Really Die for Our Sins?

One of the most pivotal concepts in contemporary Christianity has to do with whether Jesus...

October 17, 2011

Jesus Needs a Background Check

As I pulled in to church this morning I saw the sign in this photo...

October 11, 2011

Anwar Al-Awlaki: Eye For an Eye, Or a Third Way?

(Originally published in the Huffington Post) I've been reflecting on the recent killing of Anwar...

October 10, 2011

From Prosperity Gospel to Disparity Gospel?

I'm not going to spend too much time or energy expressing my disdain for Prosperity...

October 06, 2011

Living Into a New Story

My wife, Amy, and I just got back from a quick trip to Las Vegas...

October 02, 2011

Considering the options, I’ll take suffering

I write this knowing well that someone older than I am likely will post some...

September 2011

September 29, 2011

Would You Change?

We play a lot of "secular" songs in our worship services ta Milagro. I use...

September 22, 2011

Grace in the Face of Violence

Two recent stories struck an emotional chord with me that I'm still trying to sort...

September 15, 2011

A Greeting Message for Dallas Event

I'm excited abut heading to an event in Dallas at the end of the month....

September 09, 2011

Is Postmodern Christianity Dead?

Some people find great pleasure in being the first to claim the death of the...

August 2011

August 31, 2011

Point of Grace cheapens the word “Grace”

A church called Point of Grace in Iowa that was renting off-site office space to...

August 30, 2011

Boat Builders or Jesus Followers? (Video)

First of two keynotes I offered at the Upper Midwest DOC Region's School for Congregational...

August 29, 2011

When We Were Ten (Spoken Word – Video)

Kick-off of my first keynote at the School for Congregational Learning in Des Moines, Iowa...

August 24, 2011

Meeting Jesus’ Doppelganger

Hollywood has done a lot to tarnish the reputation of Jews in popular culture when...

August 22, 2011

Why young adults avoid church (part 2 of 2)

I was asked in a workshop I led recently on young adult spirituality about what...

August 20, 2011

What are your BANNED QUESTIONS about Christians?

I'm working on the proposal for book three in the BANNED QUESTIONS series, BANNED QUESTIONS...

August 18, 2011

THE NINES: Vote for your favorite speakers

Got this groovy widget that allows me to share this list on my blog. Pretty...

August 17, 2011

Jesus the Breadmaker

Jesus the Breadmaker By Christian Piatt “Look daddy,” my two-year-old daughter said on Sunday, pointing...

August 16, 2011

BANNED in Brentwood, MO

The good folks of Brentwood Christian Church (DOC) and National Avenue Christian Church (DOC) in...

August 12, 2011

Nailing Down the Nature of Sin

A group at our church has been going through BANNED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BIBLE, and...

August 09, 2011

Meeting Hitler in Heaven

I get asked all kinds of questions when I go to speak to groups about...

August 06, 2011

An anti-emergent manifesto & my response

In my previous blog post, I laid out Kevin DeYoung's (co-author of Why We’re Not...

August 06, 2011

You might be emergent if…

If there's one thing emergent Christians can't stand, it's being categorized, or worse, stereotyped. It...

July 2011

July 23, 2011

Un-American in the name of Jesus?

Un-American in the name of Jesus? By Christian Piatt (Originally printed in PULP) I used...

June 2011

June 22, 2011

Evangelism, Missional Church & God’s Sense of Humor

A little more than twenty years ago, I walked out of a church for what...

June 21, 2011

Two Friars, a Fool, a Book and a Beer

Many thanks to Two Friars and a Fool for sharing their own thoughts on BANNED...

June 06, 2011

Can Christians Ever Cheer for Death?

Can people of faith cheer for death? Smells Like Sprit By Christian Piatt (Originally published...

April 2011

April 24, 2011

Book offers answers to “Banned” Biblical Questions

By LORETTA SWORD | [email protected] Local author and musical pastor Christian Piatt's latest book delivers...

April 01, 2011

Which is it? Eye for an Eye or Turn the Other Cheek? (BANNED QUESTIONS)

How do we reconcile the Old Testament command for vengeance (eye for an eye) with...