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September 2013

September 18, 2013

The God who wants us to be family #podcast

We've been preaching a sermon series at Burke United Methodist Church called "Love actually" (titled...

September 17, 2013

“Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof…”

The gospel reading at my Monday mass was Luke 7:1-10, the story of the centurion...

September 14, 2013

What does Pope Francis mean by telling atheists to “abide by their own consciences”?

Well Pope Francis probably made some more Christians angry this week with a 2500 word...

September 13, 2013

Yom Kippur: What does atonement mean?

Today is Yom Kippur, Judaism's day of atonement. It's a day for fasting, repentance, and...

September 12, 2013

It’s time for Mark Tooley to stop bullying Stanley Hauerwas and other pacifists

Galatians 5:20 says that the works of the sinful nature include "enmities, strife, jealousy, anger,...

September 11, 2013

Two very different approaches to internet debate

I had two very different conversations on my comment threads yesterday with people who disagreed...

September 10, 2013

The Christian wife-spanking movement [TW]

I really don't know what to say. Victims of domestic violence probably shouldn't read this...

September 09, 2013

When friends are delivered from sin into fundamentalism

I'm hoping to write this in a vague enough way so as not to call...

September 07, 2013

Cakes and Quacks: Do Evangelicals Worship Democracy More Than Christ?

[Guest-post from fellow Virginia UMC pastor Jason Micheli: please check out his blog Tamed Cynic!]...

September 06, 2013

Will you pray with Francis for peace?

American politicians are eager to use the Catholic church when it comes to certain topics...

September 05, 2013

“Biblical” men don’t date? (A face-palmer from the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood)

Normally I don't see much of a point in engaging fundamentalist Christian entities like the...

September 04, 2013

Is authentic culture possible in an age of mirrors?

Please forgive me for mentioning the name Miley Cyrus again. In a recent MTV interview,...

September 03, 2013

The film Elysium and the conquest of Canaan

After reading a blog post by my brother Micah Murray, I decided to check out...

September 02, 2013

The dignity of work in an age of free

Does everyone have the right to work? It seems like a good question for Labor...

September 02, 2013

Something to read whenever you’re feeling trollish

I've been reading a book called You are Not A Gadget by Jaron Lanier, a...

September 01, 2013

Things I read that made me think: 9/1/2013

I figured I would start doing a weekly post on things I've read during the...

August 2013

August 30, 2013

Who will save us from the white man’s burden?

"The White Man's Burden" was a poem written by a British poet Rupyard Kipling in...

August 28, 2013

Why the dream has been deferred (purity culture as the backlash against the civil rights movement)

You can't say the N word anymore. You get sued if you racially discriminate in...

August 27, 2013

Standing your ground, Jesus style #podcast

Last weekend's sermon was on 2 Timothy 4 where Paul gives Timothy advice for how...

August 27, 2013

Robin Thicke, Miley Cyrus, and the death of eros

No, Will Smith and his family weren't actually watching Miley Cyrus and Robin Thicke grind...

August 26, 2013

How the despised ones bring everything to nothing (1 Cor 1:28)

"He has chosen the lowly things of this world: the despised ones and those who...

August 25, 2013

Yoder-gate: learning how to speak nonviolently

Sometime in the last couple of weeks, I got wind of the John Howard Yoder...

August 23, 2013

25 other blogs you need to check out and vote up!!!

It's a total fluke that I'm at #6 on a top Christian blogs list. I...

August 23, 2013

Vote for my blog please!!!

I imagine that I'll draw some more trolls who are "concerned" about my lust for...

August 23, 2013

It just doesn’t work: concern trolling and public shaming

I got concern-trolled on my Jesus juke blog post yesterday by an anonymous commenter who...

August 22, 2013

Can tears be food? A funeral sermon with Psalm 42

I did a funeral today for a woman who was a member of our church...

August 21, 2013

Seven obnoxious Jesus jukes

The phrase "Jesus juke" was originally coined by Jon Acuff in a 2010 post on...

August 20, 2013

What is the burden of proof in the #Methodist #homosexuality debate?

In the American justice system, all defendants are innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable...

August 19, 2013

Some days there just isn’t a word from the Lord

I've been thinking a lot lately about the disconnect between our public posturing as Christians...

August 18, 2013

Obedience is inspiration (2 Timothy 3:16 in the light of John 3:8)

It's probably not best practice for a preacher to say this publicly, but my sermon...

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