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July 2011

July 20, 2011

An Answer for the Taunting: Monster-Psalm Meditation #6

Psalm 119:41-48 Let your steadfast love come to me, O Lord, your salvation according to...

July 19, 2011

Turning from Vanity: Monster-Psalm Meditation #5

Psalm 119:33-40 Teach me, O Lord, the way of your statutes, and I will observe...

July 19, 2011

Clinging to the Dust: Monster-Psalm Meditation # 4

Psalm 119:25-32 My soul clings to the dust; revive me according to your word. When...

July 17, 2011

From self-justification to mercy

Like many other evangelicals in my generation, I've got a kind of rage inside of...

July 15, 2011

Alien or Alienating? Monster-Psalm Meditation # 3

The first two sections of Psalm 119 described the psalmist's love for God's law and...

July 14, 2011

What will we do when the poor get cut off?

Three years ago, I paid one of the first pastoral visits of my first field...

July 12, 2011

Purity is more than sex: Monster-Psalm Meditation # 2

Psalm 119:9-16 How can young people keep their way pure? By guarding it according to...

July 11, 2011

Loving the Law: Monster-Psalm Meditation # 1

I've decided to start doing devotions as part of my blog. I wanted to start...

July 10, 2011

A Beer with a Calvinist: Reflecting on the Meaning of Hesed

Three years ago I responded to a post on my church history TA David Fink's...

July 09, 2011

I Want to Believe Mark Batterson But…

Perhaps other postmodern evangelicals can relate to the phenomenon of having a dual hermeneutics when...

July 08, 2011

Why Nouwen is Better than Chocolate, Part 3

The third book I read in my Nouwen binge was Creative Ministry. It reimagines 5...

July 07, 2011

Why Nouwen is Better than Chocolate, Part 2

The second Henri Nouwen book I read this week was called Lifesigns which is kind...

July 06, 2011

Why Nouwen is Better than a Bowl of Chocolate Ice Cream, Part 1

I shared that I've been on a Henri Nouwen binge at my wife's cousin's ranch...

July 05, 2011

It's Henri Nouwen's Fault

My family is staying at my wife's cousin Kent's ranch in Texas. Kent has the...

July 04, 2011

I Too Sing America

Every year on the 4th of July, a lot of Christian blogs express mixed emotions...

July 02, 2011

God Will Provide: Abraham & Isaac

I don’t know about you but if God told me to kill my oldest son...

July 01, 2011

Evangelism a.k.a. Trespassing in Northern Virginia

I put up about 600 door-hangers today in townhouse communities around Burke. Townhouses are faster...

June 2011

June 30, 2011

Giftedness vs. Expertise (Jesus vs. Plato series)

In the church, we often face a clash of paradigms for understanding whose opinion to...

June 28, 2011

Love: One Georgia Mayor’s Response to Immigrants

Came across a story on CNN about Paul Bridges, the "conservative Republican" mayor of Uvalda,...

June 28, 2011

Love and Detachment (Jesus vs. Plato series)

Today as I was taking my customary Monday fast and walk around Burke Lake, I...

June 27, 2011

When Sorry Doesn’t Cut It

I've just been through a day where I have felt a lot of anger at...

June 26, 2011

Dream Interrupted: God’s Call to Abram

This summer, Pastor Larry and I are doing a sermon series about the deep roots...

June 24, 2011

Sacrifice-Envy: On Hating Megachurches & Relating to Cain

I hate megachurches probably about as much as Cain hated Abel for similar reasons. I've...

June 21, 2011

White Man, Brown Family

I spent Father's Day in Durham with both of my two families: my white family...

June 17, 2011

God’s not at work unless I’m in charge

I'm continuing my travelogue through Willie Jennings' Christian Imagination as a way of coping with...

June 17, 2011

God's not at work unless I'm in charge

I'm continuing my travelogue through Willie Jennings' Christian Imagination as a way of coping with...

June 16, 2011

The "Because I said so" God: a product of colonial evangelism

At Methodist annual conferences, there are a whole lot of reports that have to be...

June 13, 2011

Weakness in Worship

I don't know if you've ever had the experience where you read a book that...

June 12, 2011

The Fire-Starter: Our Holy Spirit

Sermon preached on Pentecost Sunday, June 12, 2011 Text: Acts 2:1-21 Tongues of fire. It...

June 12, 2011

Tony Perkins & the Anti-Gospel of Individual Responsibility

I read a piece by Tony Perkins, the head of the Family Research Council, in...

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