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2015-12-09T06:14:47-07:00

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The Refiner’s Fire & Fuller’s Soap: A Sermon for Advent

Last updated on: December 9, 2015 at 6:14 am By Tim Suttle

Remember Jim Ryan? The famous Kansan? First high school student to run a sub 4 minute mile? Well, in 1968 summer Olympics in Mexico City, Jim Ryan was the world record holder in the 1500m. He was the favorite to win the gold. Mexico City’s altitude is over 7k feet (almost as high as Vail Colorado). That’s tough for distance runners. Ryan was facing a man named Kip Keino from Kenya. Keino was actually running 3 distance events, which was... Read more

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2015-12-07T13:38:19-07:00

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Falwell’s Fearful Conceal-Carry Response is Not Worthy of the Gospel.

Last updated on: December 7, 2015 at 1:38 pm By Tim Suttle

In the wake of yet another active shooter incident, evangelical leaders have been rattling the sabers, and touting the wisdom of concealed carry. In a speech made at the recent Liberty University convocation, Jerry Falwell Jr. bragged that he had a gun in his “back pocket right now.” Liberty is offering a free concealed carry class to all students because, in Falwell’s words, “If more good people had concealed-carry permits, then we could end those Muslims before they walked in... Read more

2015-12-03T07:59:25-07:00

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Here’s Why J.J. Abrams Won’t Blow It With The New Star Wars Film: Joseph Campbell

Last updated on: December 3, 2015 at 7:59 am By Tim Suttle

Almost all religion is concerned with two problems: the meaning of life, and the reality of death. Most of the answers will line up into two big categories. Either life has no meaning and is absurd (nihilism, the postmodern answer), or life has meaning and we can or cannot know it depending on where you end up. These questions have occupied religion and philosophy for centuries. How do we deal with the meaning of life, and the reality of death? One of the... Read more

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2015-12-02T06:01:46-07:00

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10 Thomas Merton Sayings that Sound Just Like Yoda.

Last updated on: December 2, 2015 at 6:01 am By Tim Suttle

My sons and I have been watching our way through the three Star Wars prequels (insert Jar Jar Binks jokes here), as a way to get excited for the new film. For a couple of hours after every movie my kids and I end up inverting our sentence structures to mimic the way Yoda speaks. The other night I was reading some Merton & realized that if you invert the sentence structure of famous Thomas Merton sayings, it sounds an awful lot... Read more

2015-11-28T06:22:48-07:00

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Lesslie Newbigin (1909-1998): A Missional Life

Last updated on: November 28, 2015 at 6:22 am By Tim Suttle

Every year my church spends the month of November studying the lives of the saints of the church. Last week we looked at the life and contribution of Lesslie Newbigin. Lesslie Newbigin was born in 1909 in Newcastle, England. Thus he came of age in a time of great cultural upheaval. He was just a boy while World War I devastated Europe. As a young college student he saw the world economy collapse (1929). His international ecumenical work gave him a front... Read more

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2015-11-26T06:49:45-07:00

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10 Great Quotes on Thanksgiving and Gratitude

Last updated on: November 26, 2015 at 6:49 am By Tim Suttle

“I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.” ― G.K Chesterton “Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson “I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue... Read more

2015-11-24T08:07:38-07:00

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Liz Kanoy, Editor at Crosswalk, Has a Thoughtful Article on My Piece On the Language of Terrorism

Last updated on: November 24, 2015 at 8:07 am By Tim Suttle

Liz Kanoy, an editor at Crosswalk.com, is one of the writers I check in with now and then, just to see what she’s thinking about and writing about. You can see more of what she’s written here. Kanoy always seems to write about matters that matter, not just to see how many shares she can get, so I was excited to see that she engaged with the article I wrote on the language we use about terrorist attacks, “Dear France, Don’t... Read more

2015-11-19T05:39:49-07:00

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A Good & Beautiful Life: Free Online Learning Hangout with James Bryan Smith Today at Missio Alliance

Last updated on: November 19, 2015 at 5:39 am By Tim Suttle

This fall my church, Redemption Church in KC, took three weeks to turn our focus to the topic of the beautiful. We did a three part sermon series and a few side classes during which we took the famous line from Fyodor Dostoevsky “Beauty Will Save the World,” as our jumping off point. It’s fascinating how often this quote is used without the context. In fact, when the line appears in Dostoevsky’s novel, The Idiot, it is a question. “Is it true, Prince,... Read more

2015-11-18T05:55:08-07:00

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Who’s the Everyday Saint In Your Life?: A Sermon for All Saints Day

Last updated on: November 18, 2015 at 5:55 am By Tim Suttle

Every year my church spends the month of November studying the lives of the saints of the church. This was an attempt to commend to us the lives of those everyday saints all around us, who point the way to a good life, and give mercy and grace hands and feet in our world. The outline format reflects the way I manuscript my sermons… just makes it easier for me to try and memorize as much as I can. Every year we... Read more

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2015-11-18T12:02:02-07:00

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Dear France: Don’t Make the Same Mistake We Did

Last updated on: November 18, 2015 at 12:02 pm By Tim Suttle

It’s Not War, It’s Murder: Why the Language We Use about Terrorist Attacks Really Matters. My heart goes out to the people of France, especially the residents of Paris. When faced with such unspeakable violence and barbarism humans cannot help but experience a visceral loss of our sense of security. The fear resulting from such a loss can send us straight into our limbic system, and it’s fight, flight, or freeze. America came out fighting. Will France have the discipline to choose an... Read more

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