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July 2012

July 30, 2012

God’s love in 4-D: Ephesians 3:14-21

This weekend, I preached on Ephesians 3:14-21, which talks about the "height, length, width, and...

July 30, 2012

God's love in 4-D: Ephesians 3:14-21

This weekend, I preached on Ephesians 3:14-21, which talks about the "height, length, width, and...

July 26, 2012

Insults, Jared & Doug Wilson, and Chick-Fil-A (Romans 15)

The Daily Office epistle reading today was in Romans 15. I was most struck by...

July 26, 2012

Is Paul a moral relativist in Romans 14:13-23?

I really was trying to stay out of trouble by sticking to the daily office...

July 24, 2012

Winning arguments vs. winning each other for Christ (Romans 14)

I just got an app on my phone for the daily office, which is a...

July 22, 2012

What should Christians say about guns?

In the wake of the Colorado shooting tragedy, there's been a lot of talk about...

July 19, 2012

How can blood tear down a wall? Sacrifice in Ephesians 2:11-22

This past weekend, I preached on Ephesians 2:11-22. It’s one of my favorite passages because...

July 18, 2012

My one question for Doug Wilson

The Christian blogosphere has been on fire after a recent blog post by Jared Wilson...

July 17, 2012

Thoughts on the alleged demise of liberal Christianity

I'm jumping on the bandwagon. Ever since the Episcopal convention last week, all the Christians...

July 16, 2012

Did rock and roll destroy our culture?

My wife and I went to see "Rock of Ages" last night as part of...

July 15, 2012

Tear down this wall!

I preached today about Ephesians 2:11-22 and why in the world it is that the...

July 13, 2012

Why a hard God is more attractive

Last weekend, Scot McKnight shared a guest post from Jeff Cook entitled "They Don't Believe...

July 10, 2012

Jesus vs. zombies in Ephesians 2

This past weekend for my message on Ephesians 2:1-10, I decided on a zombie theme...

July 09, 2012

Monday theology tweets: capitalism & Psalm 24:1

Monday is my Sabbath day. I almost always walk around and talk to God either...

July 06, 2012

Why I’m not offended by so-called “socialism”

In a recent interview with George Stephanopoulos, Congressman Paul Ryan said that he had a...

July 03, 2012

Exceptional American: Rev. Lorenza Andrade-Smith

I don't know Methodist pastor Rev. Lorenza Andrade-Smith personally, though she is a facebook "friend,"...

July 02, 2012

Rethinking "Rethink Church"

This past Saturday, I preached on the meaning of church. We're going through the book...

July 01, 2012

The song of God’s power (Ephesians 1:15-23) #rethinkchurch

In the second sermon of our church's "Big Picture" series, we looked at the meaning...

June 2012

June 29, 2012

The real battle: demons vs. sacraments

What does the battle between good and evil look like? Who or what evil entities...

June 28, 2012

Swallowed up by life (2 Corinthians 5:4)

I preached a sermon a couple of weeks ago about a passage from 2 Corinthians...

June 27, 2012

Did Paul obey his General Conference?

If Peter was the first Pope, then Paul was the first Protestant. In the original...

June 24, 2012

Why can’t communion be our altar call?

I wonder how many Biblical literalists take John 6:53 literally. In it, Jesus says, "Unless...

June 23, 2012

What are you saying when you don’t take communion?

I was at a friend's wedding recently at a United Methodist church. When communion was...

June 22, 2012

More thoughts on God’s wrath

What exactly is God's wrath? I raised the question in my last piece about misconceptions...

June 20, 2012

Four Cringe-worthy Claims of Popular Penal Substitution Theology

I've often wondered if the same thing that makes violent video games appealing is why...

June 18, 2012

My father's burden

I remember when I was little, I would sometimes wake up late at night and...

June 15, 2012

Immigration: a litmus test for the American evangelical gospel

I'm not sure I could have ever imagined congratulating Southern Baptist fundamentalist leader Richard Land...

June 12, 2012

A conversation with my favorite Republican uncle

There are two topics you're not supposed to bring up at family reunions: politics and...

June 11, 2012

Letter from a gay Christian classmate

This is a letter from a guy named Chase Bannister who went to school with...

June 08, 2012

Is what I’m doing or thinking or saying building trust or undermining trust?

There's a song stuck in my head from our mission trip: "Is what I'm doing...

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