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November 2014

November 18, 2014

10 Podcasts on the Book of Revelation and Empire

Revelation is a book of hope. Revelation is a book of sacrifice. Revelation is a...

October 2014

October 29, 2014

Why Was Early Christianity So Diverse? – “Orthodoxy,” “Gnosticism” & Mexican Food

Getting along is hard to do. People divide. That’s a fact of human nature. Division...

June 2014

June 04, 2014

Why the Rapture isn’t Biblical… And Why it Matters

I grew up in church culture. Most of what I recall from those early childhood...

November 2013

November 27, 2013

Why the Psalms Matter – Even the Violent Ones

A couple of weeks ago, I had the privilege of listening to N.T. Wright speak...

November 25, 2013

A doom-and-gloom board game trumps the good news of Christ’s return

[Kurt's Note: This is a slightly revised version of blog post I wrote a few...

November 19, 2013

Life-Changing Books: Surprised by Hope

Many of you know that I've partnered with Logos Bible Software to give away a...

April 2013

April 15, 2013

North Korea may bomb the hell out of us and blow us to smithereens, yet we will cling to the instability of hope

***I wrote this article prior to the events in Boston, otherwise my title would...

February 2013

February 18, 2013

Intro to Lent & Fasting by Jarrod McKenna

I'm really diggin' these videos that my friend Jarrod Saul McKenna is putting out in...

January 2013

January 09, 2013

The Ugly Beauty of the Kingdom of God

Much in the world is ugly. Ugliness manifests itself in ways that we hope never...

December 2012

December 14, 2012

The God who cries when children die

"The history of our world is the history of our suffering together. Every act of...

December 12, 2012

Christ comes to us today to prepare us for his 2nd coming

This morning as I was reading Common Prayer: liturgy for ordinary radicals, a quote stood...

October 2012

October 01, 2012

Giving away 20 free copies of Red Letter Revolution by Claiborne and Campolo

THIS CONTEST IS OFFICIALLY OVER! I ENCOURAGE YOU, ASSUMING YOU DIDN'T RECEIVE AN EMAIL FROM...

August 2012

August 13, 2012

God is throwing a party and everyone is invited! (Rob Bell)

***If you want my thoughts on Rob Bell and Hell, here's where you can start....

June 2012

June 27, 2012

What’s the Story Anyway? A Brief Intro to Narrative Theology

***Repost from August 2010. I might nuance some things a tad differently now, but the...

June 25, 2012

Animals in the New Creation: Lion plays with bunny and pup!

A glimpse into this passage in Isaiah 11: The wolf will live with the lamb,...

June 20, 2012

It’s the End of the World as We Know It: the truth about the end times

The REM song from the late 80’s should be on any 2012 playlist. In the...

April 2012

April 23, 2012

Hell Yes. Hell No! Or Who the Hell Cares? (7 – My View: Purgatorial Conditionalism)

The following is part of a series on Hell, partially as a response to the...

April 21, 2012

Hell Yes. Hell No! Or Who the Hell Cares? (6 – Baker in Dialogue with Grenz)

The following is part of a series on Hell, partially as a response to the...

April 18, 2012

Hell Yes. Hell No! Or Who the Hell Cares? (3 – Fires of Judgment!)

The following is part of a series on Hell, partially as a response to the...

April 17, 2012

Hell Yes. Hell No! Or Who the Hell Cares? (2 – The “Jesus Lens”)

The following is part of a series on Hell, partially as a response to the...

February 2012

February 20, 2012

Heaven is not a Destination but a Way of Life

Ask me what blogs I read... hhmmm... Nailing it to the Door is definitely near...

December 2011

December 15, 2011

Just Passin’ Through? (What the Bible says about the “end” of the world)

This month's edition of Mennonite Brethren Harald (Canada based) features an article that I wrote...

November 2011

November 28, 2011

Who Do You Say Jesus Is? Liberal, Conservative, Hyper-Fundy, Pop, or Some Other Inadequate Stereotype

Jesus asks Peter: Who do you say I am? Peter answers: You are the Messiah,...

November 26, 2011

Interview With NT Wright – We’ve Got Jesus Wrong!

Some excellent thoughts, based on NT Wright's latest book: Simply Jesus. Part two of...

November 17, 2011

When Worry Disrupts God’s Cosmic Community of Care

I want to introduce you to someone. Her name is Sadie. After six months of...

November 15, 2011

Provocative Question of the Day: If Jesus came back today the first thing he’d fix is…

So, I want to throw out a question and ask for your response. It assumes...

November 15, 2011

Salvation is all about me… I get to be with God

Last week I was sitting in a Starbucks and my table was next to two...

October 2011

October 31, 2011

N.T. Wright on – If You Could Film the End of Time, What Would it Look Like?

I love his language of signpost!!! Check this out...

October 17, 2011

Beware, Or You Too May Be – Left Below! (When the Simpsons and Harold Camping Collide)

Leave it to Homer Simpson to help us understand the "end times" better. Beware, or...

September 2011

September 20, 2011

The Good News of King Jesus is Better than 4 Laws!: Reflections on The King Jesus Gospel by Scot McKnight

If you grew up in the church, there’s a chance that the Four Spiritual Laws...