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September 2012

September 14, 2012

Staying "on message" for Jesus

Burke United Methodist Church is doing a campaign this fall called Jesus is My Candidate:...

September 13, 2012

My impotent witness against holy war

I doubt very seriously that anyone from Libya will ever see this picture. And of...

September 12, 2012

Communion: when we "become" the Bible

This morning we kicked off our 8:30 am Wednesday morning prayer service for the fall....

September 11, 2012

“Not many of you should become bloggers.” [James 3]

James 3 opens with a statement that often makes me squirm: "Not many of you...

September 11, 2012

"Not many of you should become bloggers." [James 3]

James 3 opens with a statement that often makes me squirm: "Not many of you...

September 10, 2012

Chuck DeGroat on "Men Without Fear"

One of the most obnoxious things for me about contemporary evangelicalism has been the neo-masculinist...

September 07, 2012

Why couldn’t Obama say “Palestine”?

I'm really not trying to be a hater. This isn't part of a subversive strategy...

September 06, 2012

God doesn’t need your political endorsement

One of the most disappointing political events I have witnessed this year as a Christian...

September 05, 2012

On Being Salt in the Public Discourse

A recent Atlantic Wire article describes a study that demonstrates our society's moral decline by...

September 04, 2012

Are Mormons Christian?

There's been a lot of conversation in the blogosphere about whether or not Mormons should...

September 03, 2012

Who will stand up for the workers?

St. Joseph is the patron saint of workers. I learned that today during a tour...

August 2012

August 31, 2012

God built it; we didn’t

I used to build enormous towers out of blocks when I was four years old....

August 30, 2012

Why the market is a greater threat to freedom than the government

Freedom is one of those words that seems to have a very straightforward definition. It...

August 29, 2012

The fear of the Lord & the comfort of the Spirit (Acts 9:31)

In the Daily Office scripture reading for Monday, a verse that caught my eye was...

August 29, 2012

Rachel Corrie and the wrath of God

An Israeli court ruled today that there was nothing negligible or criminal about the March...

August 28, 2012

My Mondays with Mary

As I've shared before, I spend my Mondays in the National Shrine of the Basilica...

August 27, 2012

Submission As Leadership, Marriage As Mutual Servanthood

Few verses in the Bible have been more damaging historically to women in Western civilization...

August 23, 2012

3 gospel stories made into Atlas Shrugged

In the Catholic America magazine, James Martin, S.J. offers the following retelling of familiar gospel...

August 23, 2012

Worship not performance

In contemporary Christian worship, a distinction is often made between worship that is "really worship"...

August 21, 2012

Why I hate success and love the Beatitudes

Success is the American virtue. Its pursuit is what drives just about every aspect of...

August 17, 2012

Tim Keller and the false binary of love and holiness

I have learned a lot from Tim Keller. His books Prodigal God and Generous Justice...

August 14, 2012

David Barton and the conservative rediscovery of integrity

One of the most hopeful things that I have witnessed in recent times was the...

August 12, 2012

Ayn Rand vs. Jesus

Ayn Rand Institute senior fellow Onkar Ghate did something very bold last summer. He wrote...

August 09, 2012

What if he grows up to be gay?

People will be offended by this post for a variety of reasons, but I've been...

August 07, 2012

Greg Boyd and the shadow of the cross

This summer I started listening to the podcast of Greg Boyd, a Minnesota pastor who...

August 06, 2012

Sabbath healing as a paradigm for Christian morality

"The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath" (Mark 2:27). This is...

August 03, 2012

“The enemy has laid waste to your sanctuary” (Psalm 74)

Psalm 74 from the Daily Office reading for today really speaks to my heart right...

August 03, 2012

"The enemy has laid waste to your sanctuary" (Psalm 74)

Psalm 74 from the Daily Office reading for today really speaks to my heart right...

August 02, 2012

Are we an interest group or a kingdom of disciples and evangelists?

I get that we live in a morally complex world, but I want us to...

July 2012

July 31, 2012

Accusers vs. advocates: the real sides in the culture war

One of my favorite pastors Jonathan Martin of Renovatus Church in Charlotte, NC recently preached...

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