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January 2012

January 16, 2012

Reconciliation: Dr. King’s main agenda

There have been many political movements throughout history that were successful without being morally virtuous....

January 14, 2012

The Name that Shakes the Earth

Sermon preached 1/14/2012 at Burke UMC LifeSign Text: Isaiah 6:1-8 Do you have a place...

January 12, 2012

Why I hate doctrine but love Jesus (response to a similarly named video)

Over the last two days, a video by spoken word artist Jeff Bethke called "Why...

January 11, 2012

Selling sex in the Christian bookstore

All of a sudden, sex is everywhere in the Christian blogosphere. Seattle megachurch pastor Judah...

January 10, 2012

Imagine church without celebrity

I found an article today that gave me a lot of hope. It listed the...

January 09, 2012

Alpha Male vs. Man of God

What is the difference between an alpha male and a man of God? I'm finding...

January 09, 2012

Five Things I Liked In Tebow’s Autobiography

I've decided to do something contrary to my nature, as part of my personal recovery...

January 08, 2012

The Father who isn’t fair

Sermon preached at Burke UMC LifeSign service 1/8/2012 Part 1 of Lord's Prayer series "On...

January 07, 2012

Six Questions from the Hell Debate

Last year was a year of vigorous theological wrestling for me in the wake of...

January 05, 2012

Why gender hierarchy makes no Biblical sense to me

My wife and I decided to do something bold for our wedding. Each of us...

January 02, 2012

Zion & the Spirit of Christmas

Sermon preached at Burke UMC, 12/31/11 & 1/1/12 Text: Isaiah 61:10-62:3 So what do we...

January 01, 2012

2011: the Year of the Hell Debate

2011 was a turbulent year for American evangelical Christian identity. A major lightning rod within...

December 2011

December 30, 2011

On defending Zion

God often preaches to me through the text I'm supposed to preach to other people....

December 29, 2011

What Makes Christians Unsympathetic People?

"I'm Christian, unless you're gay." That's the title of one of the most popular blog...

December 23, 2011

Occupy the manger #9: Peace on Earth for whom?

"Peace on Earth, good will to men." It's a phrase that's been uttered by thousands...

December 21, 2011

Occupy the manger #8: A season of peace?

Yesterday, I had to do the devotional for our church staff meeting so I chose...

December 19, 2011

Occupy the manger #7: Mary’s uncomfortable prophecy

As our call to worship this Sunday in church, we read Mary's Magnificat, a prophetic...

December 17, 2011

Mary: God-bearer

Sermon preached at LifeSign, Burke UMC on 12/17/11 Text: Luke 1:26-38 “Mr. Guyton,” she said,...

December 15, 2011

Occupy the manger #6: God chooses homelessness

Now when [King David] was settled in his house, and the LORD had given him...

December 11, 2011

Occupy the manger #5: Giving up on perfect

Chapter 2 in Mike Slaughter's Christmas is Not Your Birthday is called "Giving up on...

December 10, 2011

“I am not the messiah!”

So how many of you know something about John the Baptist? If you had to...

December 10, 2011

"I am not the messiah!"

So how many of you know something about John the Baptist? If you had to...

December 07, 2011

Occupy the manger #4: Good news to the poor (Isaiah 61)

The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me, because the LORD has anointed me...

December 03, 2011

Waiting on God’s revolution (2 Peter 3)

Sermon preached at Lifesign, Burke UMC 12/3/2011 Text: 2 Peter 3:8-15 Have you ever wanted...

December 01, 2011

Occupy the manger #3: the eternal Word (Isaiah 40)

Isaiah 40 is our Old Testament reading for Advent this week. Isaiah 40 is famous...

November 2011

November 30, 2011

Occupy the manger #2: a landscape of glory (Psalm 85)

The word "glory" is one of those Biblical words that we use a lot without...

November 29, 2011

Occupy the manger #1: God’s poverty

For the duration of Advent, I'm going to be focusing my blog posts on the...

November 27, 2011

When the unclean come clean

Sermon preached at Burke UMC 11/26-27/2011 Text: Isaiah 64:1-9 David Lahti, a British biologist, wrote...

November 25, 2011

Jesus on Tebowing: Matthew 6:5-6

I really don't know much about Tim Tebow. I haven't ever watched him play because...

November 23, 2011

What does pepper spray do?

I wrote a post for Provoketive magazine on the UC Davis pepper spray incident. I...

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