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July 2013

July 10, 2013

Should your heart mess with how you read scripture?

Renovatus Church has just started an awesome sermon series on how to read the Bible...

July 09, 2013

What are the “weightier matters of the law”? (Matthew 23:23)

What comes to mind when you hear the phrase "weightier matters of the law"? It...

June 2013

June 28, 2013

Love is not love unless it becomes flesh

One of the things I acquired from growing up in evangelical youth groups and parachurch...

June 26, 2013

Christian holiness and the gay marriage debate

If there ever comes a time when evangelical Christians are known for something other than...

May 2013

May 30, 2013

Brian Zahnd on Cruciform Evangelism in Colossians 1:24

I was listening to Brian Zahnd's podcast Tuesday while waiting for the rest of my...

May 26, 2013

Is the Proverbs 31 woman a preacher? (Proverbs 31:26)

It's Mother's Day here in the Dominican Republic. One of the scripture readings for church...

May 26, 2013

The fate of “those who destroy the Earth”: Revelation 11:18

While I'm down here in the Dominican Republic, I've been reading some theology books in...

May 19, 2013

“I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh” (salvation AS Pentecost)

To prepare for Pentecost, I've been reading Pentecostal theologian Amos Yong's The Spirit Poured Out...

May 15, 2013

In defense of the “so-called” Wesleyan quadrilateral and the experiential breath of God

The latest theater in the Methodist proxy war over homosexuality has involved attacks here and...

May 14, 2013

Guns, government tyranny, and 1 Peter 2:13-17

In The Origins of Totalitarianism, Hannah Arendt traces the history of European anti-Semitism through its...

May 13, 2013

Born from beyond, not just again (John 3:3)

I listened to a second podcast today from Company of Burning Hearts, a British charismatic...

May 09, 2013

The Ascension: Did Jesus leave us to fight the Empire on our own?

It's probably the most poignant scene in the original Star Wars movie. Obi-Wan has engaged...

May 05, 2013

The kings of the Earth and the New Jerusalem (Revelation 21:24)

The lectionary reading for last week was taken from Revelation 21-22 which describes the New...

May 04, 2013

How does Paul define sin? (Romans 14:13-23)

The Daily Office reading for today was Romans 14:13-23. I was particularly struck by verses...

May 02, 2013

The incomplete jigsaw puzzle of Biblical interpretation (Christian Smith)

The 2nd century Gnostic heretics were very good at constructing airtight, scripture-based arguments for their...

April 2013

April 30, 2013

Privilege and Biblical interpretation

This is a post where I'm raising a question that I flat-out don't know the...

April 25, 2013

What does the blood of Jesus actually do?

A basic principle of Christianity is that Jesus died on the cross for our sins....

April 17, 2013

Maybe God is angry at people who project their anger onto Him

If you want to know who God is really angry at, maybe you should read...

April 16, 2013

Why is a famous evangelical pastor defending slavery?

I was recently made aware of a debate going on in the neo-reformed Gospel Coalition...

April 11, 2013

1 John and my pepper plants

This spring has been a difficult one for me as a gardener. My peppers have...

April 08, 2013

“This is eternal life” (John 17:3)

I had a powerful encounter with today's Daily Office reading. The gospel reading was John...

April 06, 2013

Nominations for most contentious Bible verses?

Hey friends, so I'm going to do a series on most contentious Bible verses and...