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October 2012

October 19, 2012

Dinesh D’Souza and the revelation of God’s wrath

"Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth" (1 Cor 13:6). That...

October 17, 2012

God’s wrath as a cosmic spiritual immune system

My reformed brother Derek Rishmawy and I have been having a stimulating discussion about the...

October 17, 2012

God's wrath as a cosmic spiritual immune system

My reformed brother Derek Rishmawy and I have been having a stimulating discussion about the...

October 14, 2012

Communion or correctness? The underlying question.

Is God's goal for humanity communion or correctness? The way you answer that question will...

October 10, 2012

Red Letter Christianity: unpaving the Romans Road

I figured it might be good for my hits to push back against an exegetically...

October 01, 2012

Sight as a Metaphor for Salvation (Mark 8:22-26)

The last sermon in our Jesus Is My Candidate series had the theme "He gives...

September 2012

September 30, 2012

The conflation of two fears

Several Mondays ago, when I went to the basilica in Washington, DC, and sat in...

September 27, 2012

Words of wisdom from Henri de Lubac

If I keep on reading theologians like Henri de Lubac, I might not be able...

September 25, 2012

Prophecy and pastoral application

Last week, I had some very strange encounters with God that I interpreted with too...

September 22, 2012

Living in two worlds

When strange things happen, it's best to face them plainly. I took down the last...

September 19, 2012

Pigs to the water: the American exorcism

One of the most dramatic exorcisms of Jesus' ministry takes place in Mark 5 when...

September 17, 2012

Why we need to build this meme: #JesusIsMyCandidate

It was only supposed to be a catchy sermon series to attract attention for our...

September 12, 2012

Communion: when we "become" the Bible

This morning we kicked off our 8:30 am Wednesday morning prayer service for the fall....

September 11, 2012

“Not many of you should become bloggers.” [James 3]

James 3 opens with a statement that often makes me squirm: "Not many of you...

September 11, 2012

"Not many of you should become bloggers." [James 3]

James 3 opens with a statement that often makes me squirm: "Not many of you...

September 04, 2012

Are Mormons Christian?

There's been a lot of conversation in the blogosphere about whether or not Mormons should...

August 2012

August 28, 2012

My Mondays with Mary

As I've shared before, I spend my Mondays in the National Shrine of the Basilica...

August 23, 2012

Worship not performance

In contemporary Christian worship, a distinction is often made between worship that is "really worship"...

August 17, 2012

Tim Keller and the false binary of love and holiness

I have learned a lot from Tim Keller. His books Prodigal God and Generous Justice...

August 07, 2012

Greg Boyd and the shadow of the cross

This summer I started listening to the podcast of Greg Boyd, a Minnesota pastor who...

August 06, 2012

Sabbath healing as a paradigm for Christian morality

"The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath" (Mark 2:27). This is...

July 2012

July 19, 2012

How can blood tear down a wall? Sacrifice in Ephesians 2:11-22

This past weekend, I preached on Ephesians 2:11-22. It’s one of my favorite passages because...

July 10, 2012

Jesus vs. zombies in Ephesians 2

This past weekend for my message on Ephesians 2:1-10, I decided on a zombie theme...

July 09, 2012

Monday theology tweets: capitalism & Psalm 24:1

Monday is my Sabbath day. I almost always walk around and talk to God either...

June 2012

June 29, 2012

The real battle: demons vs. sacraments

What does the battle between good and evil look like? Who or what evil entities...

June 24, 2012

Why can’t communion be our altar call?

I wonder how many Biblical literalists take John 6:53 literally. In it, Jesus says, "Unless...

June 22, 2012

More thoughts on God’s wrath

What exactly is God's wrath? I raised the question in my last piece about misconceptions...

June 20, 2012

Four Cringe-worthy Claims of Popular Penal Substitution Theology

I've often wondered if the same thing that makes violent video games appealing is why...

June 03, 2012

Holiness and the fear of God (Isaiah 6)

Today I preached at the iglesia evangélica dominicana de Sosua here in the Dominican Republic...

May 2012

May 31, 2012

Why we need more than a therapist God

I've been reading through Stanley Hauerwas' Working with Words. I just read an essay in...