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July 2020

July 16, 2020

My Best Teachers Are People I Cannot Win

I want to win everyone. I suppose it's a fairly common problem among pastors. But...

June 2020

June 18, 2020

Why Kevin DeYoung’s “Culture War Strategy” Fails

The Gospel Coalition published an article by Kevin DeYoung decrying the Supreme Court decision that...

December 2019

December 13, 2019

Is David French or Mayor Pete Right About Christian Salvation?

My buddy Jason Micheli recently wrote about the gap between the Christianities of conservative evangelical...

December 28, 2017

Lee Wyatt’s Gospel for People Who Aren’t Guilt-Ridden

My Facebook friend Lee Wyatt has written a book called The Incredible Shrinking Gospel about the...

July 2017

July 13, 2017

The 7 Best #GospelBro Retorts to #EugenePeterson

I don't have time to write a real blog post since I'm leaving for Wild...

July 09, 2017

Five twitter theology feeds: the gospel, hyervigilant moralism, law and order, God’s glory, Good Samaritan

I've been traveling for the past week so I've only had internet access on my...

April 2017

April 27, 2017

The narrative that’s destroying United Methodism

There’s a narrative circulating around United Methodism. It goes something like this: if preachers would...

August 2016

August 18, 2016

Can the gospel be orthodox and inclusive?

One of the tragedies of our civil war in United Methodism has been the bifurcation...

August 16, 2016

What is the gospel?

In our latest podcast on Crackers & Grape Juice, we respond to the question in...

July 2016

July 19, 2016

So what about those values in Melania’s plagiarized speech?

I'm used to treating political speeches like fluff. I don't expect them to actually be...

April 2016

April 28, 2016

Should the United Methodist Church be more like McDonald’s?

Last night, I went to a screening of the film "Act of Love" about the trial of...

July 2013

July 24, 2013

Is the gospel the invitation to a party or a get out of hell card?

For the first 1500 years of Christianity, the high point of every worship gathering was...

June 2013

June 22, 2013

Should we preach to uplift or convict?

A couple of years ago, we were going around the room at our new member...

April 2013

April 06, 2013

Five C’s of Christian Mansplanation

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

December 2012

December 13, 2012

Don't disdain the pragmatic and aesthetic sides of the gospel

This is going to be a short one. I just want to make an appeal...

August 2012

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...

July 2011

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...