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2014-04-18T13:28:14-06:00

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How Does “Dying for our Sins” Work?

Last updated on: April 18, 2014 at 1:28 pm By Tim Suttle

I read a great post from Brian Zahnd this week, it’s worth a read. Here’s a quick excerpt. You can find the whole article and Brian’s blog here: When we say “Jesus died for our sins,” what does that mean? It’s undeniably an essential confession of Christian faith, but how does it work? This much I’m sure of, it’s not reducible to just one thing… To try to reduce the death of Jesus to a single meaning is an impoverished approach... Read more

2014-04-18T07:41:51-06:00

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Good and Bad News for Christmas & Easter Christians: A Little Friday Funny

Last updated on: April 18, 2014 at 7:41 am By Tim Suttle

So I found a neologism as yet unknown to me: Chreastians. It’s a mash-up of Christmas, Easter, and Christian meant to refer to the folks who only come around on Christmas and Easter. It’s a bad word both aesthetically and in it’s derogatory intention. Apparently there’s also the word Chreasters (Christmas and Easter) – equally troublesome. To be honest, these days I’m glad when anybody shows up to worship no matter what day it is – so the good news for... Read more

2014-04-17T05:35:39-06:00

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Ten Facts About Da Vinci’s Last Supper: A Reflection for Maundy Thursday

Last updated on: April 17, 2014 at 5:35 am By Tim Suttle

Every year on Maundy Thursday I wake up thinking about this painting. I’ve never seen it in person (bucket list), but I’ve known about it nearly my entire life. A copy of it was framed and hung in the second and third-grade Sunday School room in the tiny little Southern Baptist Church my family attended. When I was too bored or distracted to pay attention to the lesson I’d stare at this picture. It fascinates me to this day. Maundy... Read more

2014-04-16T07:03:54-06:00

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Lent 6A, Palm Sunday: John 19:12-19 – Powerful / Not-Powerful

Last updated on: April 16, 2014 at 7:03 am By Tim Suttle

Here’s a transcript of my sermon from last week (Palm Sunday). If you are a pastor please feel free to cut & paste everything. I got much of the historical stuff from commentaries, especially Ken Bailey’s work on Jesus, and from talks by John Ortberg & Rob Bell. 2014.04.15 – Lent 06 John 19:12-19 – Powerful / Not-Powerful We’re going to start with a little game. And we’re going to call it: Powerful / Not-Powerful. How it’ll work... Read more

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2014-04-15T13:49:17-06:00

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Walter Brueggemann’s 19 Theses Revisited: A Clarification from Brueggemann Himself

Last updated on: April 15, 2014 at 1:49 pm By Tim Suttle

In September 2005, Old Testament scholar Walter Brueggemann sat with a group of church leaders for a theological discussion as a part of the Emergent Theological Conversation series. In my opinion, this is of the most innovative and fruitful contributions Emergent Village has made over the years. The secret was in the format: they would engage a world class scholar for a couple of days—Stanley Hauerwas, Walter Brueggemann, Miroslav Volf, Jurgen Moltmann to name a few—but instead of prepared lectures... Read more

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2014-04-14T07:56:43-06:00

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Monday Morning Confessional

Last updated on: April 14, 2014 at 7:56 am By Tim Suttle

I confess that yesterday was one of the more surreal days I’ve ever experienced at the church where I pastor, or any church I’ve been a part of for that matter. One of our members, a homeless man named Ed Corbin, collapsed and died on the front steps of our church building just before the service. One minute he was standing outside the front door smoking a cigarette, visiting with one of his good friends—a high school student who comes... Read more

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2014-04-13T07:57:59-06:00

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Palm Sunday, Power, and Stanley Hauerwas

Last updated on: April 13, 2014 at 7:57 am By Tim Suttle

“The movement that Jesus begins is constituted by people who believe that they have all the time in the world, made possible by God’s patience, to challenge the world’s impatient violence by cross and resurrection.” – Stanley Hauerwas As we set ourselves toward Palm Sunday, I’m reminded of what incredible patience it takes to follow the one who rode into town on a donkey with tears in his eyes, weeping over a people who were complete confused about the true... Read more

2014-04-12T07:13:22-06:00

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Frederick Buechner, Richard Curtis, and the Grace of Time

Last updated on: April 12, 2014 at 7:13 am By Tim Suttle

“There is no event so commonplace but that God is present within it, always hiddenly, always leaving you room to recognize him or not recognize him, but all the more fascinatingly because of that, all the more compellingly and hauntingly… Listen to your life. See it for the fathomless mystery it is. In the boredom and pain of it, no less than in the excitement and gladness: touch, taste, smell your way to the holy and hidden heart of it,... Read more

2014-04-11T08:33:34-06:00

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Stephen Colbert Taking Over “Late Night” – Will it Work?: A Little Friday Funny

Last updated on: April 11, 2014 at 8:33 am By Tim Suttle

CBS announced that Stephen Colbert will be leaving Comedy Central to replace the outgoing David Letterman as host of “The Late Show,” in what has to be seen as a pretty big gamble. Finding a host with enough appeal to a younger demographic to compete with the quick success of Jimmy Fallon’s takeover of “The Tonight Show” must have been at the top of the list for CBS. Colbert certainly ticks that box. But there are risks involved to be... Read more

2014-04-10T05:38:46-06:00

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Daycare Costs More than College in 31 States.

Last updated on: April 10, 2014 at 5:38 am By Tim Suttle

Data journalist Christopher Ingraham has an interesting piece up at the Washington Post right now. We all know college is expensive, but when compared to day care costs we have a new reality: “A report last fall by Child Care Aware America, a national organization of child-care resource and referral agencies, found that the annual cost of day care for an infant exceeds the average cost of in-state tuition and fees at public colleges in 31 states. The biggest gap is... Read more

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