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July 2011

July 25, 2011

I’m Done With Living Like a Christian

Something happened last week. I went on a retreat with an amazing spiritual director

July 22, 2011

What God in Christ Accomplished that Humanity Couldn’t: NT Wright’s 2 Minute Overview of the Bible

What are your thoughts on this approach to the biblical story of humanity and God's...

June 2011

June 29, 2011

Hitler, Prayer, and the Sovereignty of God (Greg Boyd)

What are your thoughts on Greg Boyd's view of God, the future, evil, and sovereignty?

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 14, 2011

An Evangelical Reject Who Refuses to Reject Evangelicals

Last week I posted an article called “You Might Be an Evangelical Reject If…” Many...

June 09, 2011

Getting Into Heaven BEFORE You Die (Dallas Willard)

Dallas Willard is a stud. Every time I have heard him speak, I want to...

May 2011

May 31, 2011

The Biblical Narrative and Immigration Reform

May 24, 2011

The Natural Disaster of Empathy Overload

I once heard Pastor Shane Hipps (an expert on media technology and marketing) describe a...

May 21, 2011

If You're Reading This Post, You've Been "Left Behind"

May 16, 2011

The Rapture IS Coming THIS Saturday: May 21, 2011

I grew up in church. Not a typical middle class, white picket fence, awkwardly perfect...

April 2011

April 27, 2011

Floaties, High Dives, and Spiritual Questions: Is the Church a "Safe Place?"

April 21, 2011

De-Sanitizing the Resurrection

April 20, 2011

What's Water Worth To You? (Guest post: Dan Martin)

This Lent money raised on this blog will go to Blood: Water Mission to provide...

February 2011

February 10, 2011

The Story of God & Capital Campaigns (Guest Post – Author, Sean Gladding)

There’s this story in Luke’s Gospel. Jesus is in the Temple with the disciples, and...

January 2011

January 18, 2011

The Problem: Cars That Break Down (an analogy for narrative theology)

Out of all the bad luck that I have been dealt in my life, the...

January 12, 2011

Values for the Church & Her Leaders (part 1): Missional

The bible is full of helpful character traits that could easily be confused with core...

January 10, 2011

End Times Board Game and Unbiblical Madness

(thanks to Michael Morrell for showing me this via FB *Also note that "madness" is...

August 2010

August 16, 2010

So, What's The Story Anyway? A Brief Intro to Narrative Theology

Many of you have probably heard language on this blog and in the Christian-world about...

July 2010

July 27, 2010

Quote to Ponder: Is Giving to Charity the Easy Way Out? Shane Claiborne and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove

I would like to invite you to share your thoughts on the following quote. It...

June 2010

June 16, 2010

If Tyranny Reigned, How Would Church Look Different? Guest Post: Robert Martin

What a cool thing it is to connect with so many people, from so many...

June 14, 2010

Is the Earth Intrinsically Valuable or Simply a Resource? Quote to Ponder: Christopher J.H. Wright (repost)

This is a post that I wrote last year that I feel has some relevance...

May 2010

May 10, 2010

Final Thoughts on Why Mark 13 Matters Today! [Earthquakes…Signs of the Times, 10 (Mark 13)]

This is the tenth and final post in a series titled: Earthquakes… Signs of the...

May 07, 2010

John Stott’s Final Book and Creation Care

John Stott has written his final book, The Radical Disciple. In this short Video Blog,...

May 05, 2010

The Rest of the Biblical Story and the Rapture of the Church [Earthquakes…Signs of the Times, 9 (Mark 13)]

This is the ninth post in a series titled: Earthquakes… Signs of the Times? I...

April 2010

April 08, 2010

Who Gets the Glory… God or Government?

I have been in many “Christians and politics” discussions in the past year or so. ...

April 06, 2010

Earthquakes… Signs of the End Times? Part 2: Mark 13 as it Relates to the Rest of the Book

This is the second post in a series titled: Mark 13... Signs of the Times?...

March 2010

March 26, 2010

Earthquakes… Signs of the End Times? Part 1 AKA the Pat Robertson Post

What follows is a modified version of the introduction to one of my papers on...

March 21, 2010

Can You Summarize Your View of Joining God's Mission in a Paragraph?

Below I have given a short paragraph on basically a 'theology of mission.' I am...

March 17, 2010

Missional Church: in a 'nutshell!' 2min video!

Here is a great teaching tool and introduction to the missional church. It was produced...

March 13, 2010

Thanks N. T. Wright for helping me see a Bigger Gospel!

I want to invite you to join a Facebook group I started called, Thanks N....