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2013-10-29T08:43:27-06:00

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Mark Driscoll’s “Pansy-Post”: Jonathan Merritt Gives Non-Violence a Platform to Resist the Macho-Gospel

Last updated on: October 29, 2013 at 8:43 am By Tim Suttle

I’ve taken some flack for commenting on Mark Driscoll’s antics now and then. Each time I criticize what the megachurch pastor is saying or doing, I get emails and comments telling me I should just let it go. The problem is that I can’t just let it go, because I think Mark Driscoll represents something truly dangerous to the heart of the gospel. Driscoll is distorting Christianity and he has a huge, devoted following. Like it or not, Driscoll is impacting... Read more

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An Evangelical Social Gospel

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2013-10-28T07:51:27-06:00

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Monday Morning Confessional

Last updated on: October 28, 2013 at 7:51 am By Tim Suttle

I confess that I sometimes cuss during football games and basketball games, but only if I really care who wins. I confess that I never feel the need to cuss during baseball games – and it’s not for lack of caring; yet more evidence that baseball is the morally superior sport. I further confess that I cuss in the car, but only if I’m in a hurry, and only if I’m not praying at the time. Car praying is a... Read more

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2013-10-25T06:24:16-06:00

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Best Parenting Moment Ever: A Little Friday Funny

Last updated on: October 25, 2013 at 6:24 am By Tim Suttle

Everyone who has a child knows that sometimes their over-reactions or emotional lows can become pretty absurd. When that happens, humor can be helpful. This dad has got some game in that regard. The mother of the child wrote this in the comments: “My 6 year old daughter had been in her room wigging out for about an hour, and there was no talking her down. I was getting fed up, so my husband decided to lighten the mood. For... Read more

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2013-10-24T09:12:25-06:00

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Why Mark Driscoll’s Influence Will Never Last: Jonathan Merritt Nails it Again

Last updated on: October 24, 2013 at 9:12 am By Tim Suttle

Mark Driscoll is promoting his new book, in which he is calling out Christian leaders for being too confrontational and fostering too much infighting… What the what? It gets better. Driscoll’s big publicity stunt to promote his book on being less confrontational, was to show up uninvited at rival-Calvinist preacher John MacArthur’s “Strange Fire Conference” and confront him for being too exclusionary. Driscoll isn’t serious. Driscoll is just trying to sell books. Jonathan Merritt wrote an interesting piece on Mark... Read more

2013-10-21T07:39:21-06:00

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Monday Morning Confessional

Last updated on: October 21, 2013 at 7:39 am By Tim Suttle

I confess that I am still learning how to take a day off. One of the realizations I’m coming to is the idea that taking an actual Sabbath day requires a lot of preparation. Saturday has to be a pretty productive day, and I have to think ahead about what needs to be done in order to observe a Sabbath from Sunday afternoon until Monday afternoon, and make sure it’s done. I confess that this week I did a pretty... Read more

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2013-10-18T06:34:20-06:00

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Eric Berry Faces His Fear of Horses: A Little Friday Funny

Last updated on: October 18, 2013 at 6:34 am By Tim Suttle

Eric Berry faces his fear of horses and proves that he has a good sense of humor at the same time. The above clip is the only one I could embed but the longer version (done by NFL films), is really funny. I recommend watching the whole clip here. It talks a bit about Berry’s relationship with his father. The more I see this guy play, and learn about his life, the more happy I am that he plays for... Read more

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2013-10-17T10:17:31-06:00

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The Tea Party As Religion

Last updated on: October 17, 2013 at 10:17 am By Tim Suttle

In the aftermath of the government shutdown, I’ve been reading quotes from Republican lawmakers, mostly senate Republicans, express frustration with the Tea Party. Nobody in Washington seems to be able to understand this bunch, much less work with them in any civil way. Many feel the Republican party is in the midst of a civil war. I’ve also been reading articles linking the Tea Party with fundamentalist religion. The idea seems to have first appeared at Bloomberg, in a post... Read more

2013-10-16T12:45:44-06:00

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The Controversy Over Malcolm Gladwell’s New Book

Last updated on: October 16, 2013 at 12:45 pm By Tim Suttle

Malcolm Gladwell’s new Book David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants is at #2 on the New York Times Bestseller list for non-fiction. It’s strange that Gladwell comes in at number two behind Bill O’Reilly’s Killing Jesus. I’m not sure I’m all that comfortable with either of those figures shaping the future of religious thought… nevertheless. Gladwell’s writing has been somewhat influential in ministry circles. His narrative approach is highly adaptable and appealing especially to those... Read more

2013-10-14T08:51:18-06:00

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Monday Morning Confessional

Last updated on: October 14, 2013 at 8:51 am By Tim Suttle

I confess that I’ve been so happy over the past few weeks as more of you are jumping into on Monday Morning Confessional with confessions of your own (mostly on Facebook). If we aren’t friends yet, send me an invite & you can read them there. I confess that I think confession is essential to a healthy soul. The practice of confession is all but disappearing from our culture. I think it’s being replaced by gossip, where we condescendingly make... Read more

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2013-10-13T07:13:26-06:00

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Have You Outgrown Modern Worship Music?

Last updated on: October 13, 2013 at 7:13 am By Tim Suttle

I read a great post this morning from my friend Jovan Brown on his blog Toward Fatherhood. Jovan is talking about why he finds modern worship music to be less significant as he enters into the way of descent. He’s finding most of those songs are really designed for the way of ascent, or the first half of life. Here’s an excerpt: Eldredge calls it the Cowboy phase. Rohr calls it the Heroic Journey. It’s the young age of missions... Read more

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