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April 2014

April 30, 2014

Anti-semitism, apartheid, and sensitivity in talking about Israel

John Kerry got in trouble. His crime, as Israeli columnist Noam Sheifaz put it, was...

April 29, 2014

Would Obama be “winning” in the Ukraine if he “baptized” more terrorists?

Sarah Palin told a recent crowd at an NRA rally that "if [she] were in...

April 28, 2014

Donald Sterling and the Tyranny of the Outrage Police

One of the best things that I've read about the drama surrounding cranky racist white...

April 26, 2014

“Color-blinded-ness” IS racism

There's been a lot of conversation about the Supreme Court ruling to end affirmative action...

April 25, 2014

Garish Dawn (an amazing poem by Carrie Beyer)

At the Festival for Faith and Writing two weekends ago, I went to a poetry...

April 24, 2014

Social holiness is about way more than sex

Fellow Methodist pastor Evan Rohrs-Dodge wrote a very legitimate post recently pointing out the distinction...

April 22, 2014

Six ways that capitalism fails the church

The religion blog forum Patheos is hosting a Public Square conversation called "Has Capitalism Failed?"...

April 21, 2014

Sharia law, capital punishment, and forgiveness

Sharia law. The name conjures up images of barbaric practices like stoning women for adultery...

April 20, 2014

Resurrection and the gift of a wounded body

Since today is Easter, I've been trying to think of something inspiring to say. But...

April 09, 2014

Caesar or the tortured king? (#sermon #podcast)

In one of Jesus' famous parables, he says, "Give to Caesar what is Caesar's; give...

April 01, 2014

Nothing outside you can make you unclean

In week four of LifeSign's "Jesus vs. the Pharisees" series, we look at a key...

March 2014

March 24, 2014

“Do you see this woman?” (Jesus’ outrageous response to an inappropriate foot massage) #sermon #podcast

Let's say you're a rabbi in 1st century Palestine, and you've heard of this really...

March 19, 2014

“The Sabbath was made for humanity” (#sermon #podcast)

Our LifeSign "Jesus vs. the Pharisees" sermon series continued last weekend with their debate about...

March 12, 2014

“I desire mercy not sacrifice” (#sermon #podcast)

I've decided to keep the sermon podcast going for Lent. We are doing a sermon...

March 05, 2014

Jesus vs the Pharisees: A Debate on Holiness (my Lenten sermon series)

One of the most important and often neglected threads of the gospel stories of Jesus...

March 05, 2014

Wrestling with sex (#sermon #podcast)

This was the final sermon of our Wrestling series a couple of weekends ago. We...

March 04, 2014

What is Biblical obedience? Abraham, Huck Finn, and Adolf Eichmann

There's a movement within United Methodism called "Biblical Obedience" whose name itself is offensive to...

March 03, 2014

Why English majors make lousy fundamentalists

I think that the reason many Christians can't understand each other, particularly with regard to...

February 2014

February 28, 2014

When Bible study becomes your personal bug collection

At this Wednesday night's Ecclesia National Gathering plenary session, Mandy Smith used a great metaphor...

February 26, 2014

The kingdom is for outsiders: a “skinny-jeans evangelical” response to @scotmcknight

I've been enjoying the stimulating conversation at the Ecclesia National Gathering in DC. Scot McKnight...

February 25, 2014

Two Biblical commands no Christian will ever obey

I've been at the Ecclesia National Gathering in DC. It's a network of moderate evangelicals...

February 23, 2014

Wrestling with heaven and hell (last weekend’s #sermon #podcast)

I keep on getting busy and forgetting to post my sermon podcasts. Last weekend, for...

February 22, 2014

Three highly ignored teachings of the New Testament: Sabbath healings, circumcision, and unclean food

One of the main reasons that many Christians fall short who are earnestly seeking to...

February 21, 2014

Why my heart is torn between Russian Orthodoxy and Pussy Riot

A few months ago, First Things ran a post critiquing emergenty evangelicals like me for...

February 19, 2014

If I made a coloring book for my church vision…

My friend Matthew Paul Turner shared a page from the coloring book Steven Furtick has...

February 19, 2014

Our Journey as a Celibate LGBT Christian Couple (a guest post by Sarah and Lindsey from A Queer Calling)

[The following is a guest post from Lindsey and Sarah who describe themselves as a...

February 18, 2014

No, David Brooks, the poor are not the prodigal son

David Brooks has done it again. This time he wrote a column about how America's...

February 17, 2014

The awkward truth about snake-handling: it’s totally Biblical

Jamie Coots, the snake-handling Kentucky pastor who starred in the National Geographic reality show "Snake...

February 13, 2014

Have you ever been thrown into hell or did you pluck your eyeball out in time? (Matthew 5:29)

Jesus says some pretty wild things, but this week's lectionary reading includes one of his...

February 12, 2014

The Bible has room for more than one gay Christian story

A couple of weeks ago, at Wheaton College, a very interesting dialogue happened. The campus...

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