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September 2012

September 04, 2012

Faith and the Challenge of Suffering: Is God to Blame?

Jesus’ most famous prayer includes these words, “Your kingdom come, your will be done, on...

September 03, 2012

If God Knows The Future, Why Pray?

*** This blog post comes to us from my friend Derek Ouellette. He just launched...

August 2012

August 24, 2012

Falling off the Ladder of Humility (The Oratory of the Heart #4)

I am excited to have another post here by David Ozab. He is a writer...

August 17, 2012

A Supper In Cell 92 with Dietrich Bonhoeffer

The current Christian landscape in America is a war torn battlefield; daily blogs are launched...

August 08, 2012

God, I Thank You I’m Not Like Those Others: The Meta-Sin of Culture Wars

Permit me—even forgive me if need be—for tampering with Scripture for a moment to make...

August 04, 2012

Developing a Culture of Creativity in Your Church

When you read the word creativity, what comes to mind? If I put it in...

August 03, 2012

Embracing the Humanity of the Bible: Listening for the Divine through Human Words

Many Christians hold to a doctrine of scripture that sees only the divine side of...

August 02, 2012

Does God Care If We Sin? – Reflections on Holiness

Recently I had a seminary professor ask me if God cared about sin. We were...

July 2012

July 26, 2012

Evangelicalism: A Boundless-Centered Theology

I need my Calvinist family, just as much as I need my Openness relatives. Like...

July 24, 2012

Do you have a Constituency or a Community?

Following my recent blog in which I declared that I had fallen out of love...

July 12, 2012

Moneyball Christians

Moneyball Christians By Jamie Boggs I love baseball. I love playing it, I love watching...

July 10, 2012

Creationism: a bridge too far

Creationism: A Bridge Too Far It should be a given that theological students are...

June 2012

June 13, 2012

The Oratory of the Heart: How Benedictine Spirituality had Shaped My Walk with Christ (3 – The Vows)

I am excited to have another post here by David Ozab. He is a writer...

June 06, 2012

Mutuality in the Church for the sake of the Kingdom (#mutuality2012)

*The following is written by my good friend Jacob Evers. He graduated from Fuller Theological...

May 2012

May 22, 2012

On Getting Appropriately Angry About Child Abuse

* A guest post by Kristyn Komarnicki, editor of Prism Magazine from Evangelicals for Social...

May 17, 2012

Should Kids Join their Parents in Church Services or Go to “Childrens’ Church”?

*A Guest Post: Evelyn Sweerts is a mother of four and part-time Theology for Ministry...

April 2012

April 25, 2012

Burn-them-all vs. Universalism: A false choice

Kurt's Note: My friend Dan Martin who blogs over at Nailing it to the Door,...

April 13, 2012

Mourning Mental Illness: Grief that gives way to God’s Grace

The following post is by someone who has become a good web friend of...

April 11, 2012

The Oratory of the Heart: How Benedictine Spirituality has Guided my Walk with Christ (Lectio Divina)

I am excited to have a post here by David Ozab. He is a writer...

April 06, 2012

Finding Hope and Comfort in Suffering – the blue flower

*The following is a guest post by Alex Koxobolis. Check out his blog here. ".....

March 2012

March 23, 2012

Is There A Doctor In the House: An Insider’s Story And Advice On Becoming A Biblical Scholar

***A Guest Post by Lawrence Garcia. Scholars, we energetically read their books, we quote their...

March 22, 2012

Parables, Preaching, and Toxic Waste: Rediscovering Jesus’ Way of Storytelling

* The following is a guest post by Martin Day. I have always thought in...

March 20, 2012

My Own Religious Frailty, and Common Ground with Atheists and Agnostics

* Guest writer Trent Maida is former film critic and full-on blogger who now does other...

March 08, 2012

Indicting Violence: A Pacifist Review of The Hunger Games

Kurt's Note: Below is a guest article by Mennonite Pastor and writer, Marty Troyer. I...

March 05, 2012

I’ll Just Admit It… Why I’m Not a Patriot

*The following is a guest post from Erin Thomas. Check out her blog! "For the...

March 04, 2012

Fear Not! Seek Peace. Love Your Enemies and Those of Different Faiths

*The following is a guest post by my friend Jacob Evers. He holds an MA...

February 2012

February 24, 2012

Re-Imagining Being the Community of Jesus: Christ’s Body in Corinth – The Politics of a Metaphor

*The following is written by Lawrence Garcia For those on whom it is being imposed,...

February 16, 2012

The Oratory of the Heart: How Benedictine Spirituality has guided my walk with Christ

I am excited to have a post here by David Ozab. He is a writer...

February 15, 2012

Evangelical Rejects Meet Beyond Evangelicals (Guest Post: Frank Viola)

Kurt, I’m honored that you’ve invited me to write a guest post on your superb...

February 14, 2012

Theatrical Theology? – Reflections on the Drama of Doctrine

*The following is a guest post from Lawrence Garcia A robust treatment of doctrine—what spirited...