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October 2013

October 27, 2013

The Kingdom of God is like…

The Kingdom in NYC The Kingdom of God is like a man with millions of...

December 2012

December 11, 2012

Jesus and War

In a recent exchange between Tim Dalrymple (here, here, here) and Owen Strachan (here) we...

October 2012

October 16, 2012

Love Is the Name of the Game (RJS)

As I was preparing last week's post A Conversation About Genesis, I came across the...

September 2012

September 03, 2012

Rich Mouw, Abraham Kuyper, and Culture

How does the Christian live in, relate to and transform culture? This question, one that...

May 2012

May 07, 2012

N.T. Wright and those Pesky Creeds

Tom Wright doesn't back down from this claim: those who read the Gospels by way...

April 2012

April 30, 2012

Kingdom and Cross

It is too easy to want kingdom and forget the cross, or make it part...

April 26, 2012

The Failure of Christianity is a Modern Myth

If you are, say, Voltaire, or a postmodern journalist, then the failure of Christianity is...

April 23, 2012

Kingdom Temptations

Anyone who wants to explain the kingdom of God as taught by Jesus/NT is faced...

February 2012

February 23, 2012

Is the gospel inherently social?

The question many Bible readers have asked and are still asking, and an observation many...

February 15, 2012

Cessationism and Another Gospel (by T)

This post, on Cessationism, Word-Faith and ‘Another Gospel,' is by T, a regular contributor here....

January 2012

January 18, 2012

What about a prophetic word?

If Jesus was prophetic then the church that follows him is prophetic. Do you believe...

December 2011

December 29, 2011

“Social” Justice (Tim King)

Tim King is a former student of mine, works with Jim Wallis, and is pointing...

November 2011

November 03, 2011

Steve Jobs’ Legacy: Kingdom Work?

The word "kingdom" is perhaps the flabbiest term being used by Christians today. In fact,...

March 2011

March 28, 2011

More Like Prayer 2

Just war is the game nations play today. Can a war ever be just? Can...

March 22, 2011

More Like Prayer 1

Out of the story of America's social history in the 20th Century will arise the...

February 2011

February 16, 2011

Letter about “Kingdom” in One.Life

A pastor sent me this note about One.Life: Jesus Calls, We Follow and I asked...

February 14, 2011

Discipleship for “Next Christians” 1

Gabe Lyons labels contemporary Christians the "next Christians" in his new book (The Next Christians:...

November 2010

November 15, 2010

Secularizing Kingdom

The word "secular" and the word "kingdom" should not be brought together. The paradox of...

October 2010

October 01, 2010

The OneLife Challenge

In the next two months I will be posting about once a week about my...

September 2010

September 27, 2010

So what is justice?

Paul Louis Metzger, in Leadership, writes about "biblical justice" and defines it like this: Biblical...

November 2009

November 12, 2009

Faith and the Future 4 (RJS)

Today's post wraps up our brief series on Harvey Cox's new book The Future of...

November 06, 2009

Religion or Revolution? 3

Greg Boyd, in his newest book, The Myth of a Christian Religion: Losing Your Religion...

November 05, 2009

Faith and the Future 2 (RJS)

Tuesday I began a series of posts looking at Harvey Cox's new book The Future...

November 04, 2009

Religion or Revolution? 2

Greg Boyd, in his newest book, The Myth of a Christian Religion: Losing Your Religion...

November 02, 2009

Religion or Revolution? 1

Greg Boyd, in his newest book, The Myth of a Christian Religion: Losing Your Religion...

October 2009

October 26, 2009

Young Christian Authors: Josh Graves

I will do this week a post of three young Christian authors whose books I've...

June 2009

June 17, 2009

The Church: Does it Matter? 1 (MV)

This series is by my colleague in theology, Dr. Mary Veeneman, and she's guiding us...

May 2009

May 20, 2009

Kingdom Gospel 7

Luke wrote two books and so he asks Jesus, who is approvingly nodding his head...

May 19, 2009

Kingdom Gospel 6

So far so good: kingdom means community formation through commitment to Jesus. That community brings...

May 18, 2009

Kingdom Gospel 5

Attentive readings of this account reveal that Jesus had the same solution and saw the...