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August 2013

August 16, 2013

Everyday we’re posturing (Christian sin-talk with @RachelHeldEvans, @KevinWatson, and @RenovatusPastor)

To paraphrase that annoying hit dance song "Party Rock," everyday we're posturing. What I mean...

August 14, 2013

Does doctrine inspire love? (more fallout from @renovatuspastor’s sermon)

Well I got into a twitter argument with a young Calvinist named John following his...

August 14, 2013

An email to Al Mohler regarding penal substitution

Al Mohler recently put up a post on penal substitution in response to the PCUSA...

August 13, 2013

Why you shouldn’t growl when people cry “Jim Crow” about NC’s new voting law

So what's the big deal with making people flash a photo ID at a poll...

August 13, 2013

Is morality the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil?

This past weekend, I got to hear my favorite podcast preacher Jonathan Martin live for...

August 12, 2013

Nope, no racism in America…

An official clown at the Missouri state fair wearing an Obama mask with a broom...

August 12, 2013

Feminism, sex, and virtue in Margaret Farley’s Just Love

I have been reading Margaret Farley's Just Love: A Framework for Christian Ethics, the book...

August 11, 2013

#WildGoose13: How I finally caught the @WildGooseFest Spirit

The turning point in my Wild Goose experience happened Saturday at about 5:30 pm or...

August 10, 2013

#WildGoose13: Unlearning the need to be the hero of the story

I'm having a better day today. I went to the art and spirit cafe to...

August 10, 2013

#WildGoose13: Why my impossible music genre doesn’t work

I'm not trying to throw a pity party, but yesterday was a tough day for...

August 09, 2013

#WildGoose13: How can Christians transcend celebrity culture?

Wild Goose has been an interesting phenomenon so far. The theme of this years's festival...

August 07, 2013

#WildGoose13: What should emergent Christianity do about its whiteness?

When people want to take potshots at emergent Christianity, an easy bullseye to tag is...

August 07, 2013

Five verses God has tattooed on my heart: #5 Ephesians 2:10

Ephesians 2:8-9 is a passage I have often turned to for a tight summary of...

August 06, 2013

Five verses God has tattooed on my heart: #4 Psalm 119:113

Two years ago, I decided to give myself a challenge as I was starting out...

August 05, 2013

Five verses God has tattooed on my heart: #3 John 1:5

In my second semester of Biblical Greek in seminary, I discovered John 1:5, "The light...

August 04, 2013

Five verses God has tattooed on my heart: #2 Matthew 9:13

I've often told the story of how I discovered the verse that became the basis...

August 03, 2013

How I will bring my Ninja skills to #WildGoose13

If you're coming to Wild Goose, please sign up for the potluck!

August 02, 2013

Five verses God has tattooed on my heart — #1: 1 Corinthians 1:28

In seminary, I learned to think of truth as a symphony rather than a single...

August 01, 2013

Is it good evangelism to ridicule “millennial” spiritual seekers?

David Koyzis's recent First Things article, "Millennial Religion and the Sovereign Self," disses the way...

July 2013

July 30, 2013

Why millennials don’t want to be Methodist pastors

I'm three years older than Rachel Held Evans, so I really have no business speaking...

July 30, 2013

A new metaphor for thinking about heaven and hell

I've been reading a very stimulating and provocative book by Pauline Biblical scholar Michael Gorman...

July 29, 2013

The light shines in the darkness (download my @WildGooseFest trance set!)

I have just uploaded my 25 minute trance set that I will play at Wild...

July 28, 2013

Should allies “stay angry”? Putting @RachelHeldEvans in conversation with the Blerd Theologian @rtrdh

Should Christians "stay angry" at the injustice in our world? That's a question raised in...

July 27, 2013

Tradition for tradition’s sake (a poem)

In the beginning there were only one syllable words; when longer words were born, their...

July 26, 2013

Total providence or total depravity? (John Cassian as a remedy for Augustinian nihilism)

In a recent post, John Meunier writes, "You cannot speak intelligently about Wesleyan theology if...

July 25, 2013

Letter to an atheist

Dear hitherto unknown friend, I have been invited into conversation with you by Kile Jones...

July 25, 2013

Exclusively for the excluded

I recently read a post by fellow Methodist blogger Talbot Davis critiquing the pursuit of...

July 24, 2013

Is the gospel the invitation to a party or a get out of hell card?

For the first 1500 years of Christianity, the high point of every worship gathering was...

July 23, 2013

Eucharist is how Jesus makes love to His church

Hear me out; I'm not trying to be offensive. Several weeks ago, I listened to...

July 22, 2013

Beethoven at Sweet FROG: On Resurrecting Culture

Burke United Methodist Church held our second community open mic this past Thursday at our...

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