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March 2018

March 20, 2018

Disintegrated, We Need Re-Integrated

My favorite cartoon characters of all time are those from Looney Tunes. Bugs Bunny, Daffy...

July 2017

July 27, 2017

Re-sparking our Imaginations about what Happens After We Die

Several years back, MercyMe produced a song that was a Christian hit – “I Can...

April 2017

April 28, 2017

The Great (and Worrisome) Irony of APEST

There is an irony that might be missed by those who have embraced the APEST...

April 27, 2017

Work Didn’t Always Suck

In our day, we know that work can often be frustrating. We get together with...

April 21, 2017

A Caring Critique of Alan Hirsch’s APEST Paradigm for Churches

So, I was going through my Facebook feed and came across a post on April...

April 06, 2017

Good Friday and Easter Accomplished a Whole Lot More Than We Think

We have been led to believe that the only thing that the shed blood of...

April 04, 2017

The Mission of God is Not Limited to Humanity, But Humanity is the Key to It All

What is the Mission of God? And what do we humans have to do with...

March 2017

March 16, 2017

Are There Two Kinds of Grace?

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. As God created everything in...

March 07, 2017

The Good Creation Remains

A careful reading of the Bible will see that the original creation is corrupted but...

February 2017

February 21, 2017

Shalom is Broken (The Fall)

The four-part story of the Gospel is CREATION FALL REDEMPTION RESTORATION Sadly, in this post,...

February 16, 2017

The Consequences of the Fall

After the creative events recorded in Genesis 1 and 2, Genesis 3 records what theologians...

August 2016

August 18, 2016

Church Ministry Nurturing Marriage is Not More Important than Church Ministry Nurturing Work

Just listened to one of Phil Vischer’ excellent podcasts, where Phil and co-host Skye Jethani...

January 2016

January 29, 2016

Your Calling and the Holy Spirit

A major problem with our modern conception of vocation is that we preceive our “spiritual”...

December 2015

December 31, 2015

2015 top 10 posts to (re)integrate faith, life, and vocations

It’s been a busy year for me writing about how to reintegrate faith, life, and...

October 2015

October 16, 2015

Your Work is Not in Vain – Because of Resurrection!

N. T. Wright on Resurrection as it applies to 1 Cor. 15:58. "What we can...

October 02, 2015

Our Mission: “Peace Be With You”

In John 20, the risen Jesus twice says to his disciples “Peace be with you,”...

September 2015

September 22, 2015

Video: We Participate in the Kingdom of God

In this 47-second video, Bob Robinson explains how we participate with King Jesus to overthrow...

September 21, 2015

Kingdom of God: Both Cosmic and Particular

Seventh, and final, post in a series on the Kingdom of God. In my previous...

September 18, 2015

Kingdom of God: Is it Bigger than the Church?

Sixth in a series on the Kingdom of God. For many in the Reformed tradition,...

September 10, 2015

Kingdom of God: Scot McKnight, Yoder, and Constantine

Fourth in a series on the Kingdom of God. Scot McKnight, in Kingdom Conspiracy: Returning...

September 09, 2015

Kingdom of God: Specific to Christians and the Church?

Third in a Series on the Kingdom of God. We've been discussing the 8...

September 08, 2015

Sabbath Rest for the Christian

On the seventh day, when God “rested from all his work,” he set a precedent...

September 04, 2015

Kingdom of God: Why “Already / Not Yet” is Not Enough

For much of the 20th Century, Dispensationalists taught that the kingdom is strictly a future...

August 2015

August 31, 2015

8 Very Different Ways to View the Kingdom of God

First in a series on the Connections Between the Kingdom of God, Missional Ministry, and...

August 19, 2015

Holistic Gospel or Just Evangelism? Some Still Cling to the Latter

In a couple of previous posts, I discussed the concept of "Holistic Mission" (via Christopher...

May 2015

May 25, 2015

Creation Is a Manifesto

We Christians sometimes try to be holier than God, especially when it comes to creation....

May 13, 2015

What Does it Mean to “Make Disciples?”

William Carey, in the 19th century, defined Christian mission by interpreting the “Great Commission” (“go...

January 2015

January 28, 2015

Tim Keller – Why Work Matters

In this video, Tim Keller shares the biblical truth that all Christians are engaged in...

January 05, 2015

You (Yes YOU!) Might Not Know What the Gospel is – Skye Jethani

In this video, Skye Jethani makes a bold claim: That many evangelical Christians, even though...

December 2014

December 23, 2014

Dueling Carols: One Biblical, One Platonic

Yesterday we sang two Christmas carols with opposing views on redemption. Joy to the World...