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2012-08-05T07:21:13-06:00

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John Ortberg and David Fitch on Public Jesus

Last updated on: August 5, 2012 at 7:21 am By Tim Suttle

“Tim is raising big-time questions about the most important person ever. Read it and get ready to think!” – John Ortberg, author of The Life You’ve Always Wanted. “Tim Suttle’s Public Jesus offers us an alternative to the tired extremes present in Christian politics today. He reminds us that the Kingdom of God has already broken into our world, and this changes everything. There’s a new imagination here for engaging the world that we sorely need. Are you frustrated with politics in... Read more

2012-08-03T08:48:46-06:00

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Here’s What William Cavanaugh had to say about Public Jesus

Last updated on: August 3, 2012 at 8:48 am By Tim Suttle

When I read Torture and Eucharist by William Cavanaugh, it was a profound experience. I had not come anywhere close to understanding how central the Eucharistic life must be to the believer and the life of the church. His retelling of the horrors of the Pinochet regime and the essential nature of an embodied faith. Last week I wrote a blog post about books that every Christian should read. I think Torture and Eucharist should be required reading for each... Read more

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2012-08-02T07:15:12-06:00

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Review of Public Jesus at the Houston Chronicle

Last updated on: August 2, 2012 at 7:15 am By Tim Suttle

Marty Troyer, who blogs as the Peace Pastor for the Houston Chronicle, just put up a review of Public Jesus. Here’s an excerpt. Author Tim Suttle’s answer in his powerful new book,Public Jesus, is equally stunning, though completely opposite. With equal parts creativity and courage Suttle encourages us to base all of life, and all of our ethics, on Jesus. He blows up the “private faith” myth not so much through detailed argument, but by inviting us to believe, and by showing us what faithful... Read more

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2012-07-31T09:40:44-06:00

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Take it and read it

Last updated on: July 31, 2012 at 9:40 am By Tim Suttle

I run most every day on the Mill Creek Trail. Most days I can make it five or six miles along Mill Creek on a paved pathway made for bikers and foot traffic. Late this spring I was running one afternoon, and we had just had several days of rain. I was crossing through a low Meadow with a bridge over the creek that runs right alongside the railroad tracks. For about two hundred yards the trail is flanked by... Read more

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2012-07-30T09:07:30-06:00

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Monday Morning Confessional

Last updated on: July 30, 2012 at 9:07 am By Tim Suttle

I confess that I learned an extremely important lesson last night: If you eat Golden Grahams with m&ms, they taste almost exactly like smores (only without the mess). Amazing. I confess that this is a revelation that is certain to change my life for the better. I confess that Aaron Sorkin is my favorite living American writer of any genre. He’s just that good. The Newsroom is really fun to watch and I’m glad we signed up for a free... Read more

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2012-07-27T08:35:26-06:00

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The Top Ten Books Every Christian Should Read: my required reading list for life

Last updated on: July 27, 2012 at 8:35 am By Tim Suttle

I have been thinking about the ten books every Christian should read. I’ve been composing the list in my head, and it’s harder than you think. You need qualifiers. Here are mine: broad subject range, deep but not obscure, non-fiction (with one exception), focused on discipleship and the Christian story, fit more in the theological realm, not biblical studies, philosophy, or spirituality. This is not my list of the all-time greatest, nor is it my ten favorites. This is the... Read more

2012-07-26T09:39:29-06:00

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Getting Out of My Head

Last updated on: July 26, 2012 at 9:39 am By Tim Suttle

The Suttle family is on vacation right now, actually more of a stay-cation. We’re sticking close to home this year and doing some work on our house. We haven’t touched our spare bedroom since we moved in ten years ago and the room could use some care. So my project for the vacation has been to completely redo the room from a spare bedroom and convert it into a study room for the family. Every day I get up, run,... Read more

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2012-07-23T09:08:43-06:00

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Monday Morning Confessional

Last updated on: July 23, 2012 at 9:08 am By Tim Suttle

I confess that I’m on week two of my working vacation. I hope this week is more vacation and less working. I confess that I cannot begin to understand what makes a person walk into a movie theater to kill and injure complete strangers for no apparent reason. I confess that I immediately try to find somebody to blame: I blame our lawmakers. They should be held responsible that there is no federal assault weapons ban. I blame the gun... Read more

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2012-07-20T09:21:13-06:00

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How Do We Know the Bible is True?

Last updated on: July 20, 2012 at 9:21 am By Tim Suttle

I have a friend who is working with students this summer and she’s been given a topic on which she is supposed to speak: How do we know the Bible is true? It’s a tough question to be sure, and if something inside doesn’t at least resist the question a little bit, then we’re not seeing all that is at stake in answering. My friend asked me to visit with her about it, and I began to give it some... Read more

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2012-07-17T08:18:10-06:00

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Public Jesus is Now Available!

Last updated on: July 17, 2012 at 8:18 am By Tim Suttle

Hey friends, I’m putting this post up to let everyone know that my 2nd book has officially been released. The book is called Public Jesus. The book is meant to help churches and people to have a healthy discussion about politics in an election year. Politics is really just an ongoing dialogue – sometimes more like a struggle, fight, war, or massacre – about how we will organize the societies in which we live. In the book I’m trying to... Read more

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