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November 2011

November 23, 2011

Should we be thankful for our government?

It might seem strange to say, but I'm thankful for my government. I'm not necessarily...

November 21, 2011

How vanilla should a pastor’s blog be?

I recently had a very important conversation with a good friend who had the courage...

November 21, 2011

Becoming the righteousness of God (2 Cor 5:17-21)

17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has...

November 19, 2011

“Can anything good come out of Nazareth?”

Sermon preached at LifeSign on 11/19/2011 Text: John 1:43-51 Whenever I read Nathanael’s question, “Can...

November 19, 2011

"Can anything good come out of Nazareth?"

Sermon preached at LifeSign on 11/19/2011 Text: John 1:43-51 Whenever I read Nathanael’s question, “Can...

November 19, 2011

When is revolution appropriate?

I've been watching the news reports of the Occupy protests this past week wondering how...

November 16, 2011

“The Grasshopper’s Song,” a subversive remix of Aesop’s fable

This week in his school library, my son Matthew happened to check out a book...

November 16, 2011

"The Grasshopper's Song," a subversive remix of Aesop's fable

This week in his school library, my son Matthew happened to check out a book...

November 16, 2011

Thomas Merton on mercy

I've been reading about a chapter a week of Thomas Merton's No Man is an...

November 13, 2011

Self-congratulation vs. boasting in the Lord

October and November are anxious months for pastors, because they're generally when we run our...

November 11, 2011

I cry with all my heart, "Answer me, O Lord" — Monster-psalm Meditation #19

I cry with all my heart; answer me, LORD, and I will obey your decrees....

November 10, 2011

The failure of personhood (in Mississippi & elsewhere)

I was honestly surprised on Tuesday when Mississippi rejected the referendum that would have legally...

November 09, 2011

Crossing my arms at the Chris Tomlin show

About two-thirds of the way through Chris Tomlin's Fairfax, VA show last Friday, he joked...

November 06, 2011

The risk of dreaming with God

Sermon preached 11/5-6/2011 at Burke United Methodist Church Texts: Psalm 126, Matthew 25:14-30 What happens...

November 03, 2011

Spankings and Judge William Adams

I watched a video I shouldn't have of that Texas judge William Adams beating his...

November 02, 2011

Russell Conwell: the Dave Ramsey of last century

In some recent reading I've been doing, I stumbled across an early 20th century Baptist...

November 01, 2011

Tuesday church: my smallest, most fruitful small group

On Tuesdays at noon, I have my smallest, most fruitful small group. It's me and...

October 2011

October 31, 2011

How modernity made God mean

For most of Christian history, the relationship between God and the universe He created was...

October 29, 2011

I want the world to end

I wonder how many people secretly want for the world to end. I do. I...

October 28, 2011

My zeal wears me out: Monster-psalm Meditation #18

My zeal wears me out, for my enemies ignore your words. Psalm 119:139 I resonate...

October 26, 2011

When did banter become a spiritual gift? Jon Acuff and Christian radio DJ’s

I'm not sure how to explain what I've been wrestling with today. It started when...

October 24, 2011

I want to be in the 1% who get God’s grace

Apparently there have been a number of photos circulating the Internet in which people hold...

October 24, 2011

I want to be in the 1% who get God's grace

Apparently there have been a number of photos circulating the Internet in which people hold...

October 23, 2011

The God who throws seeds everywhere

Sermon preached 10/22/2011 at Burke UMC LifeSign contemporary service Text: Matthew 13:1-9 I spent the...

October 19, 2011

Individualism is an atheist lie

"I am the vine and you are the branches. If you abide in me and...

October 18, 2011

The false dichotomy between God’s will and our will

I've been reading Thomas Merton's No Man is an Island. The fourth chapter called "Pure...

October 16, 2011

Occupy the Kingdom

Sermon preached on 10/15-16/2011 Two texts: Ezekiel 37:1-14, Matthew 20:1-16 I spent a week last...

October 15, 2011

Is God free to be generous? [Matthew 20:15]

As I was reading the scripture for my sermon in church this evening, a dimension...

October 13, 2011

Does God hate people? (A response to Mark Driscoll)

Mark Driscoll created another controversy recently in a sermon when he told his listeners that...

October 10, 2011

“If you’re not rich, blame yourself” (Herman Cain vs. John Wesley)

"If you don't have a job and you're not rich, blame yourself." Thus says Herman...

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