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2016-07-16T10:10:55-06:00

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Hey America, Can I Be Your Pastor For a Moment?

Last updated on: July 16, 2016 at 10:10 am By Tim Suttle

The big lie of every government is this: we can make you safe and happy. Governments should stop promising this, because they can’t deliver. America, powerful as it is, cannot keep its promises to make us safe and happy. Only God can do that. The primary means through which God has chosen to do that is through each other. You want to know how to secure the future? Try this: Love with sincerity. Hate what is evil and cling to what is good. Be... Read more

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2016-07-15T07:33:14-06:00

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The Free Market v. Big Government Argument is a Scam: America is Getting Played by Wall Street

Last updated on: July 15, 2016 at 7:33 am By Tim Suttle

Some in our society, wish to deny that economic injustice exists. It’s a level playing field, they say. This is ridiculous. It’s not level for minorities. The top 400 billionaires in the U.S. hold as much wealth as all African-American households, plus one-third of Latino households combined (inequality.org) It’s not level for the middle class. The middle class is dying. A recent Fortune article noted, “as much as 70% of the households in 25 advanced economies saw their earnings drop in the... Read more

2016-07-11T08:20:15-06:00

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Why Do American Christians Trust the 2nd Amendment More Than the Sermon on the Mount?

Last updated on: July 11, 2016 at 8:20 am By Tim Suttle

“Nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and moral questions of our time: the need for man to overcome oppression and violence without resorting to oppression and violence. Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.” (Martin Luther King, Jr., Nobel Prize acceptance speech, Stockholm, Sweden, 1964.) “You have heard that it was said,” Jesus once remarked, “Love your neighbor and hate your enemy. But I... Read more

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2016-07-06T07:35:46-06:00

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The Troubling Theology of Donald Trump

Last updated on: July 6, 2016 at 7:35 am By Tim Suttle

Peter Wehner is a lifelong Republican who served in the Reagan White House and that of George H.W. Bush. In George W. Bush’s White House Wehner was deputy director of speech writing and later head of the office of strategic initiatives. He writes largely for The Weekly Standard and National Review. It’s safe to say the man’s conservative Republican bonafides are unimpeachable. This matters because Wehner scorched Donald Trump on theological grounds in an editorial in The New York Times yesterday, arguing that Trump’s guiding philosophy... Read more

2016-06-30T15:24:11-06:00

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10 Ways to Impact Culture that Don’t Involve Presidential Politics

Last updated on: June 30, 2016 at 3:24 pm By Tim Suttle

Trump v. Clinton Got You Down? Here are 10 things you could do right now to have a significant impact on the culture around you, and none of them involve presidential politics. 1. Have your neighbors over for dinner If there is any hope that our global society will learn to live together in mutual respect and love, it will start at the neighborhood level. Learning that more unites us than divides us takes intentionality and time. So, sponsor a... Read more

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2016-05-31T10:01:20-06:00

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Dr. Stuart Brown’s Seven Properties of Play

Last updated on: May 31, 2016 at 10:01 am By Tim Suttle

Summer break is here and it’s time to play, but do you really know how? Many adults, it seems, have distanced themselves from any kind of meaningful play. In his book Play, Dr. Stuart Brown says that when we lose are connection to play, we pay a high price. In fact, Brown says, “The opposite of play is not work—the opposite of play is depression.” (p.126) Brown lists what he calls the seven properties of play. When play is happening, all or... Read more

2016-05-27T08:43:27-06:00

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On the Importance of Disappointing Your Congregation: Now up at HuffPo

Last updated on: May 27, 2016 at 8:43 am By Tim Suttle

A version of the recent post “On the Importance of Disappointing Your Congregation” is now up at The Huffington Post. I have been grateful as I watch the numbers grow on the original post here at Paperback Theology. I think the appetite for the ideas presented in this article should be seen as a willingness on the part of everyone involved in a church to renegotiate the terms of pastoring and of membership. If you are interested in reading more about how this can... Read more

2016-05-26T09:41:59-06:00

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MNU Chapel Sermon on Doubt:

Last updated on: May 26, 2016 at 9:41 am By Tim Suttle

A few weeks back I had the chance to speak at the MNU Chapel service. This is the video of the talk. It’s an exploration of the importance of doubt for the Christian life, and the human experience. I hope you’ll have a chance to watch… feel free to give me notes! Read more

2016-05-22T07:28:12-06:00

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Wendell Berry on the Trinity

Last updated on: May 22, 2016 at 7:28 am By Tim Suttle

It’s Trinity Sunday today, so here’s a quick quote from Wendell Berry and his great novel Jayber Crow. Berry is not only an author and poet, but a fairly sophisticated theologian. This quote is of Jayber reflecting upon what he learned about the nature of God, and how it fits with what he knew of the farm and of nature… of the actual experience of God here in the world. Like everything Berry writes, it is beautiful and smart. “From my... Read more

2016-05-17T05:49:57-06:00

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On The Importance Of Disappointing Your Congregation…

Last updated on: May 17, 2016 at 5:49 am By Tim Suttle

Question: How are you doing? Answer: busy… how many times have you heard that? How many times have you said that? As a pastor, Eugene Peterson is the voice in the back of my head. When I experience challenges in my vocation, my sense of direction, or conflict in my understanding of my role as a pastor, I usually hunt around for what Peterson would say to my situation. He nearly always has the wisdom I’m looking for, and he never lets... Read more

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