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June 2013

June 13, 2013

Markers of a church planting movement #5: Charismatic

This is the fifth post in a series exploring the broad vision for our church...

February 2013

February 25, 2013

Ladders, Visions, & Love: Discovering the God who Re-Interprets our Dreams

[I am excited to have another guest blog by my friend Joey. He is someone...

February 06, 2013

Confronted by Peace: the surprise of nonviolence is leading my friend out of the army

KURT: An Email I received on July 25, 2012 -- MATT YOUNG (20-year-old soldier): Sir,...

January 2013

January 17, 2013

The “will of God” is an excuse to not follow Jesus?

HT: Rebecca Kasparek I think that fellow Anabaptist blogger, Drew G.I. Hart makes a great...

January 01, 2013

From the Margins: Following Jesus in a post-Christian culture

[This article originally appeared in winter 2012 issue of In Part, the magazine for the...

August 2012

August 09, 2012

Francis Chan – How To Experience The Holy Spirit

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

Church Plant Journal #3: Prayer Partners (#SeattlePlant2013)

In the summer of 2013, I will be relocating with my wife and a core...

July 2012

July 23, 2012

Taking a “Should” on our Spiritual Lives

One of the things that I'm discovering about spiritual disciplines is that I often take...

June 2012

June 30, 2012

Greg Boyd on Charismatic Gifts in his church

This is one of the best sermons I've ever heard on the issue of charismatic...

June 25, 2012

Idol-ology: when our ideas or experiences replace God

I tend to have a bit of pendulum swing, back and forth, between two areas...

August 2011

August 29, 2011

If the Spirit took the lead…

Throughout the New Testament we find that the Holy Spirit takes an active role in...

August 23, 2011

Revolutionary Freedom and a Game of Freeze Tag (Joey LeTourneau)

Below is an article written by my good friend, Joey LeTourneau. I've known his family...

August 11, 2011

What’s Your Favorite Bible Passage and Why?

I love the bible. More accurately, I love the Christ who is revealed in the...

June 2011

June 20, 2011

I’m Quitting Facebook to Join Faithbook Because My WWJD Bracelet Told Me To

The end of the age has come. No, not the rapture, but the end of...

June 15, 2011

When Sucking at Spiritual Habits Sucks the Life Outta Ya

May 2011

May 17, 2011

A New Kind of Pentecostalism (By Author, Samuel Lee)

I was asked by my friend Kurt Willems to write some reflections on my recent...

April 2011

April 18, 2011

Snot Rags That Heal: The Gap Between my Life and the Strangeness of the New Testament

There are strange stories in the New Testament. Sometimes, when I come across them, I...

February 2011

February 11, 2011

A Call to Biblical Pentecost (Guest Post – Josh Vestal)

If you are unfamiliar with Pentecostal theology, let's just say we put a lot of...

December 2010

December 02, 2010

All Out War: Investigating Spiritual Warfare, part 2 (a motivational speech)

The President's Speech Independence Day — MOVIECLIPS.com Independence Day is one of my favorite...

December 01, 2010

All Out War: Investigating Spiritual Warfare, part 1

Our culture is obsessed with two realities. Hollywood is intrigued by the idea of invisible...

February 2010

February 16, 2010

Surprised by God's Voice… (Re-post 5/21/08)

This is a re-post from May 2008. I want to emphasize that this 'peek' into...

June 2009

June 21, 2009

Can You Preach a Passage Using Only a Footnote? Romans 8:28

In seminary you come across great teachers and books that you probably wouldn’t encounter otherwise....

May 2009

May 29, 2009

Tell Me Your Holy Spirit Stories!!!

With Pentecost coming up this week, the topic of the Holy Spirit working in the...

February 2009

February 13, 2009

Groans From Within, Part 1

Many of the people who frequent my blog have probably wondered what the title actually...

May 2008

May 23, 2008

Raised from the Dead…Acts for Today?

Was this woman raised from the dead. What do you think about this situation? Does...

May 21, 2008

Surprised By God's Voice…

The following is a journal entry from last summer. This was an experience that continued...