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May 2013

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 12, 2013

My mommy was my first pastor

This is a picture of my mom holding my son Isaiah two summers ago. I...

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 08, 2013

Eternity is living in the moment

It sounds like an ignorant hippie thing to say and the greatest possible contradiction. Eternity...

May 07, 2013

God’s Pentecost vs. my cynicism

God broke me today in a really good way. You see I'm a recovering cynic...

May 01, 2013

Worldviewism and the nature of truth

I had an outbreak of worldviewism today on my Facebook page today after I shared...

April 2013

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 24, 2013

How does a Wesleyan deal with predestination and election?

My favorite preacher Jonathan Martin covered Romans 8 a couple of weekends ago in his...

April 22, 2013

Why I clash with the gatekeepers

I often clash with the gatekeepers of Christian orthodoxy. I'm sure that I get under...

April 20, 2013

So what about other religions?

We've been having a very stimulating conversation at our confirmation retreat that has completely derailed...

April 20, 2013

Defining sin for adolescents

I'm on our church's confirmation retreat. For the last three years, we've framed our retreat...

April 18, 2013

How did Jesus come to love guns and hate sex?

Since the gun debate is back in the news, I figured I would pull this...

April 17, 2013

Should Christians weigh in on other peoples’ tragedies?

A friend of mine who recently had a major shift in his theology wrote the...

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 14, 2013

Why you need to hear Jonathan Martin preach about heaven

I've got issues with how people talk about heaven. It bothers me that the most...

April 13, 2013

Removing the linchpin of Christian hate

People hate each other for all kinds of sinful reasons. In my life, I've hated...

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 10, 2013

What is the difference between spirit and flesh?

Almost since its beginning, Christianity has had a complicated relationship with the teachings of the...

April 06, 2013

Five C’s of Christian Mansplanation

I witnessed a conversation on facebook last night where one of these young, restless, well...

April 04, 2013

Should I convict other people of their sin?

One of the litmus tests that evangelicals make when we evaluate a potential church family...

February 2013

February 11, 2013

Surprised by mercy: my train-wreck conversion story

I was invited to share an occasion when I was surprised by mercy. It was...

February 10, 2013

Eternal life: being fully present to God

There's a concept that we talk about in ministry and relationships: being fully present. I...

February 09, 2013

Do you read the Bible for ideology or discipleship?

When I was in seminary, one of the things that impressed me about Augustine was...

February 07, 2013

Is Jesus saving the world from us?

Is Jesus saving the world from us? It's a different way to talk about salvation,...

February 04, 2013

Is morality about becoming “fully alive”?

My brother John Meunier recently responded to a blog post from Episcopal priest Martin Elfert...

February 01, 2013

Holistic sexuality, distorting pieties, and the pursuit of heaven

There's been an outburst this past week from evangelical women bloggers against the idolatry of...

January 2013

January 27, 2013

God’s grace in 4 stick figure drawings

We had the first session of our new member class today. During the first class,...

January 27, 2013

God's grace in 4 stick figure drawings

We had the first session of our new member class today. During the first class,...

January 20, 2013

Who is Romans 9:22-23 talking about? (A response to Greg Boyd)

I'm one of the "pod-rishioners" of the popular Michigan pastor Greg Boyd. One thing I...