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July 12, 2018

Good Biblical Words: Truth (John 1:5)

The light shines in the darkness and the darkness did not seize it. John 1:5...

February 2016

February 06, 2016

Christian salvation and the Beatitudes #4: The pure in heart

Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God. This beatitude is everything....

February 03, 2016

Christian salvation and the Beatitudes # 3: The Meek

"Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth." Is there any verse in the...

January 2016

January 25, 2016

Christian salvation and the Beatitudes #1: Poverty in spirit

I've been wrestling with the concept of Christian salvation for decades. I used to think...

January 24, 2015

Radical Jesus 101: Is humanity good or evil?

Is humanity good or evil? Some conservative evangelicals would say that the answer to this...

January 14, 2015

Radical Jesus 101: What is God?

Most cultures in human history have had some concept of God, whether it's one god...

January 07, 2015

Radical Jesus 101: a new series

First of all, I'm completely dissatisfied with the title. Few words are more played out...

September 2013

September 01, 2013

Things I read that made me think: 9/1/2013

I figured I would start doing a weekly post on things I've read during the...

August 2013

August 11, 2013

#WildGoose13: How I finally caught the @WildGooseFest Spirit

The turning point in my Wild Goose experience happened Saturday at about 5:30 pm or...

August 10, 2013

#WildGoose13: Unlearning the need to be the hero of the story

I'm having a better day today. I went to the art and spirit cafe to...

August 10, 2013

#WildGoose13: Why my impossible music genre doesn’t work

I'm not trying to throw a pity party, but yesterday was a tough day for...

August 09, 2013

#WildGoose13: How can Christians transcend celebrity culture?

Wild Goose has been an interesting phenomenon so far. The theme of this years's festival...

August 07, 2013

#WildGoose13: What should emergent Christianity do about its whiteness?

When people want to take potshots at emergent Christianity, an easy bullseye to tag is...

August 07, 2013

Five verses God has tattooed on my heart: #5 Ephesians 2:10

Ephesians 2:8-9 is a passage I have often turned to for a tight summary of...

August 06, 2013

Five verses God has tattooed on my heart: #4 Psalm 119:113

Two years ago, I decided to give myself a challenge as I was starting out...

August 05, 2013

Five verses God has tattooed on my heart: #3 John 1:5

In my second semester of Biblical Greek in seminary, I discovered John 1:5, "The light...

August 04, 2013

Five verses God has tattooed on my heart: #2 Matthew 9:13

I've often told the story of how I discovered the verse that became the basis...

August 02, 2013

Five verses God has tattooed on my heart — #1: 1 Corinthians 1:28

In seminary, I learned to think of truth as a symphony rather than a single...

June 2013

June 13, 2013

Can we define sin as “that which causes death”?

In the spring of 2010, I bought a Spanish language theology book, El Principio Misericordia...

June 04, 2013

Pinocchio and eternal life (my second Dominican sermon of 2013)

A few weeks ago, Bruxy Cavey at the Meeting House preached a sermon using Pinocchio...

June 01, 2013

Viaje Dominicano 2013 #5: Mixing concrete, mixing people

[Today's blog reflection comes from our mission team co-leader Jane Wilson] Yesterday, the youngest member...

May 2013

May 31, 2013

Viaje Dominicana 2013 #4: La Lenguaje de Beisbol

[Today's post comes from Emily Amburn] A mission trip consists of different components, each important...

May 28, 2013

Viaje Dominicano 2013 #2: La Inspiración de Los Jóvenes

The word jóvenes means the "young people." It basically covers both youth and young adults....

May 26, 2013

Viaje Dominicano 2013 #1: When is your team coming back here?

Maureen Glaser and I have come down ahead of our Dominican Republic missions team to...

April 2013

April 16, 2013

Monday Merton 4.15.2013

Well it's Tuesday but it's still my Monday Merton for the week since I like...

April 14, 2013

Breathing kingdom on airplanes and elsewhere

In the wake of the amazing Missio Alliance conference, I wanted to continue to wrestle...

April 12, 2013

Interruption, Ideology, and Truth

Amos Yong at the Missio Alliance talked today about "the phenemonology of interruption" in Pentecost....

April 11, 2013

The Anthropocentrism of the Personal Afterlife Insurance Gospel

I'm at the Missio Alliance conference. Just heard Scot McKnight talk about the distinction between...

April 08, 2013

Monday Merton 4.8.2013

I'm going to start spending Mondays on my blog with Thomas Merton since I've been...

April 01, 2013

Blog Resurrected: Help Me Make Some Choices!

It was really good to take a break for Lent. I did a lot of...